Proto-Indo-European

*kʷetwóres

‘four’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

30 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres, most familiar first.

• fourth ← fourthe ← fēorþa ← *feurþō ← *fedurþô
• quarry ← quarere ← quarreria ← quarrière ← *quadraria
• cater ← quatre ← quatre ← quattuor
• kern ← kerne ← ceithern ← ceithern ← quaterniō
• farthing ← ferthing ← fēorþing ← fēorþa ← *fedurþungaz
• quatre ← quattuor
• carillon ← quarrillon ← quaterniōnem ← quaterniō ← quaternus
• quire ← quayer ← quaier ← quaternus ← quater
• cuatro ← quatro ← quattŭor ← *kʷettwōr
• tetrad ← τετράς
• quatrain ← quatre ← quatre ← quattuor
• ferd ← ferthe ← fēorþa ← *feurþō ← *fedurþô

More words from *kʷetwóres

• quaternion
• cahier
• tessera
• tessellate
• tetrahydro
• tetractys
• fower
• carillonneur
• casern
• kasern
• quaterpolymer
• quaternity
• tetraterpene
• tessella
• tesselar
• tessular
• tetrastoon
• tetradarchy

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres