Where does “quaterniō” come from?
quaterniō (Latin) comes from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quaterniō (Latin): The number four (e.g. on a dice)
Definitions
- The number four (e.g. on a dice)
Ancestry of “quaterniō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 3 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 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 |