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Where does “quatre” come from?

quatre (Middle French) comes from Old French quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

quatre (Middle French): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “quatre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquatrefour
2Latinquattŭor—
3Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
4Old Portuguesequartoquarter
5Latinquārtus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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