Where does “carillon” come from?
carillon (Italian) comes from French carillon, from Old French quarrillon, from Late Latin quadrinio, from Latin quaternio, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
carillon (Italian): musical box; carillon
Definitions
- musical box; carillon
Ancestry of “carillon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carillon | carillon set of bells, often in a bell tower |
| 2 | Old French | quarrillon | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | quadrinio | — |
| 4 | Latin | quaternio | The number four; A group of four soldiers;... |
| 5 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |