Where does “kerne” come from?
kerne (Middle English) comes from Middle Irish ceithern, from Old Irish ceithern, from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
kerne (Middle English): A kern; A troop composed of kerns; A vagrant or...
Definitions
- A kern; A troop composed of kerns; A vagrant or...
Ancestry of “kerne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | ceithern | A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern |
| 2 | Old Irish | ceithern | band of soldiers |
| 3 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 4 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 5 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |