Where does “katre-vin” come from?
katre-vin (Louisiana Creole) comes from French quatre-vingts, from French quatre, from Old French quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
katre-vin (Louisiana Creole): eighty
Definitions
- eighty
Ancestry of “katre-vin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quatre-vingts | eighty, 80 |
| 2 | French | quatre | four |
| 3 | Old French | quatre | four |
| 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 |