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noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Latin quater Latin -nus Latin quaternus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Late Latin quaternitāslbor. Old French quaternité Middle French quaternitélbor. ▲ Late Latin quaternitāslbor. English quaternity Learned borrowing from Middle French quaternité (“set of four…
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