Where does “polyquat” come from?
polyquat (English) comes from English quat, from English Quaternary, from Latin quaternārius, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
polyquat (English): Any of several quaternary ammonium compounds that are used as algicides
Definitions
- Any of several quaternary ammonium compounds that are used as algicides
Ancestry of “polyquat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quat | A pustule; An annoying, worthless person; To... |
| 2 | English | Quaternary | The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs |
| 3 | Latin | quaternārius | containing or consisting of four things |
| 4 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 5 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |