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Where does “cuatrillo” come from?

cuatrillo (English) comes from Spanish cuatrillo, from Spanish cuatro, from Old Spanish quatro, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.

cuatrillo (English): An obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook,...

Definitions

  1. An obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook,...

Ancestry of “cuatrillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcuatrilloAn obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook...
2Spanishcuatrofour; A four-stringed guitar with the first...
3Old Spanishquatro—
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →