Where does “quayer” come from?

quayer (Middle English) comes from Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.

quayer (Middle English): A quire set of pieces of paper, especially four folded sheets

Definitions

  1. A quire set of pieces of paper, especially four folded sheets

Ancestry of “quayer”, step by step

quayer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French quaer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquaer
2Latinquaternusfour each; four at a time
3Latinquaterfour times
4Latinquattŭorfour; 4
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtusfourth
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Old French quaier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquaierquire

via Anglo-Norman quaier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanquaierquire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos