quadri-
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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quadri-
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with quadri-
Related terms
Translations
four
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadri- (“four”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.dʁi/, /ka.dʁi/
Prefix
quadri-
Derived terms
French terms prefixed with quadri-
Further reading
- “quadri-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Prefix
quadri-
- alternative form of quadr-
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kʷatru-, 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
quadri-
Derived terms
Latin terms prefixed with quadri-
References
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “quadrāns”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 395