Where does “ceithern” come from?
ceithern (Old Irish) comes from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
ceithern (Old Irish): band of soldiers
Definitions
- band of soldiers
Ancestry of “ceithern”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 2 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 3 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 4 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |