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Where does “carillonneur” come from?

carillonneur (French) comes from French carillonner, from French carillon, from Old French quarrillon, from Late Latin quadrinio, from Latin quaternio, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.

Ancestry of “carillonneur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarillonnerto ring, chime, peal
2Frenchcarilloncarillon
3Old Frenchquarrillon—
4Late Latinquadrinio—
5LatinquaternioThe number four; A group of four soldiers;...
6Latinquaterfour times
7Latinquattŭor—
8Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
9Old Portuguesequartoquarter
10Latinquārtus—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “carillonneur”

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