Where does “quadruplicate” come from?
quadruplicate (English) comes from Latin quadruplicatus, from Latin quadruplico, from Latin quadruplex, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quadruplicate (English): having four parts; four times over, multiplied by...
Definitions
- having four parts; four times over, multiplied by...
Ancestry of “quadruplicate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadruplicatus | |
| 2 | Latin | quadruplico | I quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold |
| 3 | Latin | quadruplex | fourfold, quadruple; a fourfold amount |
| 4 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |