Where does “veinticuatro” come from?
veinticuatro (Spanish) comes from Spanish cuatro, from Old Spanish quatro, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.
veinticuatro (Spanish): twenty-four
Ancestry of “veinticuatro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuatro | four; A four-stringed guitar with the first... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | quatro | — |
| 3 | Latin | quattŭor | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 6 | Latin | quārtus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |