English
fourling
From four + -ling.
Formed from four + -ling
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’
Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’
Old English fēower ‘four’
Middle English four
English four
Today it means
noun One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fourling