Where does “cuadernillo” come from?
cuadernillo (Spanish) comes from Spanish cuaderno, from Medieval Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
Ancestry of “cuadernillo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuaderno | notebook |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quaternus | — |
| 3 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 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 |