Word Origin Summary

Cuatro is attested in Spanish. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *kʷetwṓrProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
2. *kʷettwōrProto-Italicinherited from
3. *kʷetwóresProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
4. quattuorLatininherited from
5. quatroOld Spanishinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• de-kuwatro

  Tagalog · derived from

• cuatro

  English · borrowed from

• kuwatro

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• kwatro

  Cebuano · borrowed from

• kuater

  Papiamento · derived from

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