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Where does “quat” come from?

quat (English) comes from English Quaternary, from Latin quaternārius, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.

quat (English): A pustule; An annoying, worthless person; To...

Definitions

  1. A pustule; An annoying, worthless person; To...

Ancestry of “quat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishQuaternary—
2Latinquaternārius—
3Latinquaternus—
4Latinquaterfour times
5Latinquattŭor—
6Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
7Old Portuguesequartoquarter
8Latinquārtus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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