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Where does “kvartetto” come from?

kvartetto (Finnish) comes from Italian quartetto, from Italian quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

kvartetto (Finnish): quartet

Definitions

  1. quartet

Ancestry of “kvartetto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquartettoquartet; foursome
2Italianquartofourth; quarter , fourth
3Latinquārtus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “kvartetto”

  • pianokvartetto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →