Where does “cazerna” come from?
cazerna (Old Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin quaderna, from Latin quaterni, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
Ancestry of “cazerna”, step by step
cazerna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin quaderna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | quaderna | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaterni | 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 |