Where does “quadrifidus” come from?

quadrifidus (Latin) comes from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

quadrifidus (Latin): split into four parts; quadrifid

Definitions

  1. split into four parts; quadrifid

Ancestry of “quadrifidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-fidusfid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split"
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “quadrifidus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -fidus →