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Where does “quattrocento” come from?

quattrocento (English) comes from Italian quattrocento, from Italian quattro, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quattrocento (English): The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance...

Definitions

  1. The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance...

Ancestry of “quattrocento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquattrocentofour hundred
2Italianquattrofour; either of the quarter hours after midnight...
3Latinquattŭor—
4Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
5Old Portuguesequartoquarter
6Latinquārtus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quattrocento”

  • quattrocentist
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