Where does “vint-i-quatre” come from?
vint-i-quatre (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.
vint-i-quatre (Catalan): twenty-fourth; vincesimo-quarto; paper size;...
Definitions
- twenty-fourth; vincesimo-quarto; paper size;...
Ancestry of “vint-i-quatre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | quatre | four; a few; a castell with four castellers per... |
| 2 | Latin | quattŭor | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 5 | Latin | quārtus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |