Where does “quadruplicate” come from?
quadruplicate (Italian) comes from Italian quadruplicato, from Italian quadruplicare, from Latin quadruplico, from Latin quadruplex, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
quadruplicate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “quadruplicate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadruplicato | past participle of quadruplicare |
| 2 | Italian | quadruplicare | to quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold,... |
| 3 | Latin | quadruplico | I quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold |
| 4 | Latin | quadruplex | fourfold, quadruple; a fourfold amount |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |