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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...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “quadruplicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquadruplicatopast participle of quadruplicare
2Italianquadruplicareto quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold,...
3LatinquadruplicoI quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold
4Latinquadruplexfourfold, quadruple; a fourfold amount
5Latinquattŭor—
6Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
7Old Portuguesequartoquarter
8Latinquārtus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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