Where does “doðrantur” come from?
doðrantur (Icelandic) comes from Latin dōdrāns, from Latin dequadrans, from Latin quadrans, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
doðrantur (Icelandic): tome, thick volume
Definitions
- tome, thick volume
Ancestry of “doðrantur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dōdrāns | three-quarters (nine-twelfths) (especially of a foot, or of an hour) |
| 2 | Latin | dequadrans | — |
| 3 | Latin | quadrans | A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing;... |
| 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 |