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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

  1. quatrain

Ancestry of “katren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquatrainquatrain
2Frenchquatrefour
3Old Frenchquatrefour
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →