Where does “quadriplegia” come from?
quadriplegia (Italian) comes from Italian quadri-, from Latin quadri-, from Proto-Italic *kʷetru-.
quadriplegia (Italian): quadriplegia
Ancestry of “quadriplegia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | quadri- | Alternative form of quadr-; four |
| 2 | Latin | quadri- | four, quadri- |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷetru- | — |