Where does “quaternaire” come from?
quaternaire (French) comes from Latin quaternarius, from Latin quaterni, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quaternaire (French): quaternary
Definitions
- quaternary
Ancestry of “quaternaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quaternarius | Containing or consisting of four things;... |
| 2 | Latin | quaterni | 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 |