Where does “fours” come from?

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

fours (English): plural of four; API pl; A pair of fours

Definitions

  1. plural of four; API pl; A pair of fours

Ancestry of “fours”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfourA numerical value equal to 4; the number after...
2Middle Englishfourfour
3Old Englishfēowerfour
4Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
5Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →