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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quaer | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 3 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 4 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Old French quaier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quaier | quire |
via Anglo-Norman quaier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | quaier | quire |