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Where does “quadrivalent” come from?

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

quadrivalent (French): quadrivalent

Definitions

  1. quadrivalent

Ancestry of “quadrivalent”, step by step

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