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Where does “greensome” come from?

greensome (English) comes from English foursome, from English four, from Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

greensome (English): A foursome game with the difference that both...

Definitions

  1. A foursome game with the difference that both...

Ancestry of “greensome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoursomeA group of four, a quartet or a game played by...
2EnglishfourA numerical value equal to 4; the number after...
3Middle Englishfourfour
4Old Englishfēowerfour
5Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
6Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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