Where does “quatre” come from?
I notice this etymology chain has significant issues that prevent me from writing an accurate sentence:
1. The chain appears corrupted - it jumps from "quatre" (meaning four) to "Latin caput" (meaning head), which are unrelated
2. Proto-Indo-European appears twice identically
3. The final item "kapōlo" doesn't connect logically to the rest
4. No reliable meaning is supplied for most steps
I cannot write the summary sentence because doing so would require me to invent connections or meanings not actually supported by the chain. An accurate etymology summary must reflect only what the source material legitimately supports.
Could you verify the etymology chain? A correct one for "quatre" should trace: French quatre → Old French quatre → Latin quattuor → Proto-Indo-European kʷetwer- (meaning four).
quatre (English): A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips
Definitions
- A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips
Ancestry of “quatre”, step by step