Where does “paisprezecelea” come from?
paisprezecelea (Romanian) comes from Romanian paisprezece, from Romanian patru, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
paisprezecelea (Romanian): fourteenth
Definitions
- fourteenth
Ancestry of “paisprezecelea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | paisprezece | fourteen |
| 2 | Romanian | patru | four |
| 3 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 4 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 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 |