Where does “quaternioun” come from?
quaternioun (Middle English) comes from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
quaternioun (Middle English): An ancient Roman leader of a squad of four soldiers
Definitions
- An ancient Roman leader of a squad of four soldiers
Ancestry of “quaternioun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 2 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 3 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 4 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |