Where does “quatro” come from?

quatro (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin quattuor, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

quatro (Old Portuguese): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “quatro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquattuorfour; 4
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “quatro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →