Where does “quatro” come from?

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

quatro (Portuguese): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “quatro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesequatrofour
2Latinquattuorfour; 4
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-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 →