Where does “quattrocentist” come from?
quattrocentist (English) comes from English quattrocento, from Italian quattrocento, from Italian quattro, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quattrocentist (English): An artist of the 1400s, the fifteenth-century...
Definitions
- An artist of the 1400s, the fifteenth-century...
Ancestry of “quattrocentist”, step by step
quattrocentist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quattrocento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quattrocento | The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance... |
| 2 | Italian | quattrocento | four hundred |
| 3 | Italian | quattro | four; either of the quarter hours after midnight... |
| 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 |
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 | — |