Where does “quarrillon” come from?
quarrillon (Old French) comes from Late Latin quadrinio, from Latin quaternio, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
Ancestry of “quarrillon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | quadrinio | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaternio | The number four; A group of four soldiers;... |
| 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 |