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
- An obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook,...
Ancestry of “cuatrillo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuatrillo | An obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook... |
| 2 | Spanish | cuatro | four; A four-stringed guitar with the first... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | quatro | four |
| 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 |