Where does “quadravigesimal” come from?
quadravigesimal (English) comes from English quadra, from Latin quadra, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.
quadravigesimal (English): A number system with base twenty-four, using the digits 0–9 and A–N (or Greek α-ω without numerals)
Definitions
- A number system with base twenty-four, using the digits 0–9 and A–N (or Greek α-ω without numerals)
Ancestry of “quadravigesimal”, step by step
quadravigesimal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quadra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadra | The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal,... |
| 2 | Latin | quadra | square |
| 3 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 4 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 6 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |