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quadriliteral en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadriliteral From quadri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of word roots in Afroasiatic languages) Consisting of four letters.

Deriveds

quadriliteralism

Relateds

triliteral · pluriliteral · triliteralness · monoliteral · triliterally · biliteral · multiliteral · postliteral · supraliteral · triliteralism · triliterality · biliteralism · literal · quinqueliteral

Translations (2)

fr quadrilitère (which consist of four letters) · fr quadrilittère (which consist of four letters)

quadriliteral en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadriliteral From quadri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.

Meanings

1. A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of four letters.

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