Where does “cahier” come from?
cahier (French) comes from Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
cahier (French): notebook, exercise book; quire
Definitions
- notebook, exercise book; quire
Ancestry of “cahier”, step by step
cahier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French quaer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quaer | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 3 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 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 Old French quaier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quaier | quire |