Where does “caiețel” come from?
caiețel (Romanian) comes from Romanian caiet, from French cahier, from Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
caiețel (Romanian): small notebook
Definitions
- small notebook
Ancestry of “caiețel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | caiet | notebook, exercise book |
| 2 | French | cahier | notebook, exercise book; quire |
| 3 | Old French | quaer | — |
| 4 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 5 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |