Where does “foursome” come from?
Foursome comes from English four and English some, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- and Proto-Indo-European sem-.
foursome (English): A group of four, a quartet or a game played by...
Definitions
- A group of four, a quartet or a game played by...
Ancestry of “foursome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | four | A numerical value equal to 4; the number after... |
| 2 | Middle English | four | four |
| 3 | Old English | fēower | four |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | feuwar | four |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fedwōr | four |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |