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Where does “katorz” come from?

katorz (Mauritian Creole) comes from French quatorze, from Old French quatorze, from Latin quattuordecim, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.

katorz (Mauritian Creole): fourteen

Definitions

  1. fourteen

Ancestry of “katorz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquatorzefourteen
2Old Frenchquatorzefourteen
3Latinquattuordecimfourteen; 14
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →