Where does “quadruplicato” come from?
quadruplicato (Italian) comes from Italian quadruplicare, from Latin quadruplico, from Latin quadruplex, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quadruplicato (Italian): past participle of quadruplicare
Definitions
- past participle of quadruplicare
Ancestry of “quadruplicato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadruplicare | to quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold,... |
| 2 | Latin | quadruplico | I quadruple, multiply by four, make fourfold |
| 3 | Latin | quadruplex | fourfold, quadruple; a fourfold amount |
| 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 |