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Where does “kvatrin” come from?

kvatrin (Swedish) 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.

kvatrin (Swedish): a quatrain, a poem of four lines

Definitions

  1. a quatrain, a poem of four lines

Ancestry of “kvatrin”, 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- →