英语词汇“Indo-European root: kwetwer-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: kwetwer-

释义

‌‌k^wetwer-
Four.
Derivatives include four, squad, quarantine, and farthing.

O-grade form *k^wetwor‑.
1. 1. four, from Old English fēower, four;
  2. forty, from Old English fēowertig, forty;
  3. fourteen; fortnight, from Old English fēowertēne, fourteen (-tēne, ten; see dekm̥). a-c all from Germanic *fe(d)wor‑, probably from *k^wetwor‑.
2. quatrain; cater-cornered, quattrocento, from Latin quattuor, four.
3. charpoy, czardas, from Old Iranian cathwārō, four.
Multiplicatives *k^weturs, *k^wetrus, and combining forms *k^wetur‑, *k^wetru‑.
1. cahier, carillon, carnet, casern, quaternary, quaternion, quire¹, from Latin quater, four times.
2. cadre, quadrate, quadrille¹, quarrel², quarry²; escadrille, squad, square, trocar, from Latin quadrum, square.
3. quadri-, from Latin quadri‑, four.
4. quadrant, from Latin quadrāns, a fourth part.
5. quarantine, from Latin quadrāgintā, forty (-gintā, ten times; see dekm̥).
6. quadricentenary, from Latin quadri(n)gentī, four hundred.
7. Variant form *k^wet(w)r̥‑.
  1. tetra-, from Greek tetra‑, four;
  2. tessera; diatessaron, from Greek tessares, tettares, four;
  3. tetrad, from Greek tetras, group of four;
  4. zero-grade form *k^wt(w)r̥‑. trapezium, from Greek tra‑, four.
Ordinal adjective *k^wetur-to‑.
1. 1. fourth, from Old English fēortha, fēowertha, fourth;
  2. firkin, from Middle Dutch veerde, fourth;
  3. farthing, from Old English fēorthing, fēorthung, fourth part of a penny. a-c all from Germanic *fe(d)worthōn‑.
2. quadrille², quadroon, quart, quartan, quarter, quarto; écarté, from Latin quārtus, fourth, quarter.

[Pokorny k^u̯etu̯er‑ 642.]

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