Where does “quaternião” come from?
quaternião (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin quaternio, 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.
quaternião (Portuguese): quaternion
Definitions
- quaternion
Ancestry of “quaternião”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | quaternio | The number four; A group of four soldiers;... |
| 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 |