Where does “quadrisyllabique” come from?

quadrisyllabique (French) comes from French syllabique, from French syllabe, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν — beside, with.

quadrisyllabique (French): quadrisyllabic, tetrametric

Definitions

  1. quadrisyllabic, tetrametric

Ancestry of “quadrisyllabique”, step by step

quadrisyllabique traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French syllabique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsyllabiquesyllabic
2Frenchsyllabesyllable
3Old Frenchsillebe
4Latinsyllabasyllable; poems, verses
5Ancient Greekσυλλαβήconception, pregnancy; that which holds together,...
6Ancient GreekσυλλαμβάνωI collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,...
7Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
8Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
9Proto-Hellenic*ksúnbeside, with

via French quadrisyllabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquadrisyllabequadrisyllable, tetrameter
2Frenchquadri-quadri
3Latinquadri-four, quadri-
4Proto-Italic*kʷetru-four, quadri
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *ksúnEvery word from Ancient Greek σῠν-Every word from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω