Etymology of fortnight by etymonline

Possibly from PIE root *bhergh- (2) "high, elevated," with derivatives referring to hills and hill-forts, or possibly from *dher- "to hold ...

Etymology of harvest by etymonline

Old English hærfest "autumn," as one of the four seasons, "period between August and November," from Proto-Germanic *harbitas.

Etymology of tetragrammaton by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "four." It forms all or part of: cadre; cahier; carillon; carrefour; catty-cornered; diatessaron; escadrille; ...

Fortnight etymology in English - Cooljugator

English word fortnight comes from Old English fēowertȳne niht (fourteen nights)

Etymology of quadroon by etymonline

English to add emphasis to borrowed French nouns ending in stressed -on; also used to represent Italian -one, Spanish -ón; all from Latin -onem.

Etymology of quatrain by etymonline

"stanza of fourteen lines rhyming alternately," 1580s, from French quatrain "four-line stanza" (16c.), from Old French quatre "four," from Latin ...

Etymology of tetrameter by etymonline

"having four measures," from tetra- "four" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four") + metron "poetic meter, measure" (see meter (n.1)). The English ...

Etymology of carillon by etymonline

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "four." ... 2) "square-headed bolt for a crossbow;" quarry (n.2) "open place where rocks are excavated;" quart; ...

Etymology of autumn by etymonline

In Old English and Middle English it was primarily a season name, with only an implied reference to the gathering of crops. The meaning "the ...

Etymology of quadratic by etymonline

1650s, "square," with -ic + obsolete quadrate "a square; a group of four things" (late 14c.), from Latin quadratum, noun use of neuter adjective quadratus " ...

Etymology of quadrant by etymonline

"a quarter of a day, six hours," from Old French quadrant, cadran, name of a Roman coin,… See origin and meaning of quadrant.

Etymology of tetrahedron by etymonline

"four-sided," from tetra- "four" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four") + hedra "seat, base, chair, face of a geometric solid" (from PIE root *sed- (1) ...

Etymology of quarterback by etymonline

Old English bæc "back," from Proto-Germanic *bakam (cognates: Old Saxon and Middle Dutch bak, Old Frisian bek), with no known connections ...

fall | Etymology of fall by etymonline

"to drop from a height; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (source also of… See origin and meaning of fall.

Etymology of fortuitous by etymonline

1650s, from Latin fortuitus "happening by chance, casual, accidental," from forte "by chance," ablative of fors "chance" (related to fortuna; see fortune).

Etymology of cahier by etymonline

"exercise book; report of proceedings," c. 1845, "book of loose sheets tacked together,"… See origin and meaning of cahier.

Etymology of firkin by etymonline

"small cask," late 14c., apparently from Middle Dutch *vierdekijn, diminutive of vierde, literally "fourth, fourth part" (from vier "four," from ...

Etymology of quire by etymonline

"a short book;" mid-15c., "a set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of… See origin and meaning of quire.

Etymology of escadrille by etymonline

1893, from French escadrille, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra "square, squad, squadron," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare, from Latin quadrare " ...

Etymology of tessera by etymonline

"small, square piece or tablet of stone, wood, bone, etc.," in antiquity, "a cube, a die,… See origin and meaning of tessera.