Where does “catren” come from?
catren (Romanian) comes from French quatrain, from French quatre, from Old French quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
catren (Romanian): quatrain
Definitions
- quatrain
Ancestry of “catren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quatrain | quatrain stanza of four lines |
| 2 | French | quatre | four |
| 3 | Old French | quatre | four |
| 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 |