Where does “kalfou” come from?
kalfou (Haitian Creole) comes from French carrefour, from Old French quarrefourc, from Latin quādrifurcus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
kalfou (Haitian Creole): crossroads, intersection
Definitions
- crossroads, intersection
Ancestry of “kalfou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carrefour | crossroads |
| 2 | Old French | quarrefourc | — |
| 3 | Latin | quādrifurcus | having four forks, prongs, or points |
| 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 |