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Where does “kajet” come from?

kajet (Polish) comes from French cahier, from Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.

kajet (Polish): notebook

Definitions

  1. notebook

Ancestry of “kajet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcahiernotebook, exercise book; quire
2Old Frenchquaer—
3Latinquaternus—
4Latinquaterfour times
5Latinquattŭor—
6Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
7Old Portuguesequartoquarter
8Latinquārtus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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