Where does “quadripartite” come from?
quadripartite (Italian) comes from Italian quadripartito, from Latin quadripartītus, from Latin quadripartio, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quadripartite (Italian): feminine plural of quadripartito
Definitions
- feminine plural of quadripartito
Ancestry of “quadripartite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadripartito | four-party government; quadripartite; four-party |
| 2 | Latin | quadripartītus | divided in four parts, having been divided in four parts |
| 3 | Latin | quadripartio | I divide in four parts, quarter |
| 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 |