Where does “bisquaternary” come from?
bisquaternary (English) comes from English Quaternary, from Latin quaternārius, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
bisquaternary (English): Having two quaternary ammonium groups
Definitions
- Having two quaternary ammonium groups
Ancestry of “bisquaternary”, step by step
bisquaternary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Quaternary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Quaternary | The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs |
| 2 | Latin | quaternārius | containing or consisting of four things |
| 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 |
via English bis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bis | plural of bi; Twice; showing that something is,... |
| 2 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 3 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |