Etymograph

English

quadricuspidate

From quadri- + cuspidate.

Formed from quadri- + cuspidate

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr ‘four’

Latin quattuor ‘four’

English quadri-

Latin cuspis ‘point, tip’

Latin cuspidātus

English cuspidate

Today it means

adj Having four cusps.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / quadricuspidate