FOUR - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adjective
being one more than three
Synonyms
Quaternion, Foursome, , Four, Iv
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "four" comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr. It started in Proto-Germanic *fedwōr. Then it appeared in Proto-West Germanic *feuwar. Later, people used it in Old English fēower. After that, it was Middle English four. Many other languages have similar words:.
- West Frisian: fjouwer
- German: vier
- Danish: fire
- Swedish: fyra
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂
- Latin: quattuor
- Spanish: cuatro
- French: quatre
- Ancient Greek: τέσσαρες
- Irish: ceathair
- Armenian: չորս
- Lithuanian: keturi
- Albanian: katër
- Sanskrit: चतुर्
🧩 Fun Fact
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.