Where does “quaternionist” come from?
quaternionist (English) comes from English quaternion, from Middle English quaternioun, from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
quaternionist (English): One who studies or promotes the use of...
Definitions
- One who studies or promotes the use of...
Ancestry of “quaternionist”, step by step
quaternionist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quaternion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quaternion | A group or set of four people or things; A word... |
| 2 | Middle English | quaternioun | An ancient Roman leader of a squad of four soldiers |
| 3 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 4 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 5 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |