Where does “cahier” come from?
cahier (Dutch) 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.
cahier (Dutch): notebook, writing pad; folder; magazine,...
Definitions
- notebook, writing pad; folder; magazine,...
Ancestry of “cahier”, 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 |