English Explanatory Dictionary

quadrifid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.

Word forms

quadrifid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷatru- Latin quadri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Latin -fidus Latin quadrifidusder. English quadrifid From Latin quadrifidus, from quadri- + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

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