Where does “four” come from?

Four comes from Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-Germanic fedurþô, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwṓr, the cardinal number meaning four.

four (English): A numerical value equal to 4; the number after...

Definitions

  1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after...

Ancestry of “four”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfourfour
2Old Englishfēowerfour
3Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
4Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “four”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →