Where does “catorce” come from?
catorce (Chavacano) comes from Spanish catorce, from Old Spanish catorze, from Latin quattuordecim, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
catorce (Chavacano): fourteen
Definitions
- fourteen
Ancestry of “catorce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | catorce | fourteen |
| 2 | Old Spanish | catorze | fourteen |
| 3 | Latin | quattuordecim | fourteen; 14 |
| 4 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |