Where does “carrefour” come from?
carrefour (Norman) comes from Latin quādrifurcus, 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.
carrefour (Norman): crossroad
Ancestry of “carrefour”, step by step