Where does “كاية” come from?
كاية (Chadian Arabic) comes from French cahier, from Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
كاية (Chadian Arabic): notebook
Definitions
- notebook
Ancestry of “كاية”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cahier | notebook, exercise book; quire |
| 2 | Old French | quaer | — |
| 3 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 4 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |