Where does “noranta-quatrè” come from?
noranta-quatrè (Catalan) comes from Catalan quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
noranta-quatrè (Catalan): ninety-fourth
Definitions
- ninety-fourth
Ancestry of “noranta-quatrè”, step by step
noranta-quatrè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan quatre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | quatre | four; a few; a castell with four castellers per... |
| 2 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 3 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 5 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Catalan noranta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | noranta | ninety |
| 2 | Latin | nonaginta | ninety; 90 |
| 3 | Latin | nūnāgintā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt | nine tens |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |