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Where does “kat” come from?

kat (Mauritian Creole) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

kat (Mauritian Creole): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “kat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquatrefour
2Old Frenchquatrefour
3Latinquattŭor—
4Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
5Old Portuguesequartoquarter
6Latinquārtus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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