quadri-
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quadri-
- Four.
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Translations[edit]
four
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin quadri- (“four”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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quadri-
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Further reading[edit]
- “quadri-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Prefix[edit]
quadri-
- Alternative form of quadr-
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Latin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-, with -twr- developing into -dr-; compare the full form quattuor, ultimately from *kʷetwóres. Analogous to Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-) vs. τέτταρες (téttares, “four”).[1]
Prefix[edit]
quadri-
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “quadrāns”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 395
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