Where does “quadrivalent” come from?

quadrivalent (French) comes from French quadri-, from Latin quadri-, from Proto-Italic *kʷetru- — four, quadri.

quadrivalent (French): quadrivalent (all senses)

Definitions

  1. quadrivalent (all senses)

Ancestry of “quadrivalent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquadri-quadri
2Latinquadri-four, quadri-
3Proto-Italic*kʷetru-four, quadri
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷetru- →Every word from Latin quadri- →Every word from French quadri- →