Where does “cuaternar” come from?
cuaternar (Romanian) comes from French Quaternaire, from Latin quaternārius, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
cuaternar (Romanian): quaternary
Definitions
- quaternary
Ancestry of “cuaternar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Quaternaire | quaternary |
| 2 | Latin | quaternārius | containing or consisting of four things |
| 3 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 4 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |