Where does “katren” come from?
katren (Serbo-Croatian) 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.
katren (Serbo-Croatian): quatrain
Definitions
- quatrain
Ancestry of “katren”, 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 |