quadrivium
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a crossroads; place where four ways meet.
- (Medieval Latin) the quadrivium (the four mathematical liberal arts)
Etymology
Affix from Latin quattuor (four) + Latin via (road, path, way, method, street).
Origin
Latin
via
Gloss
road, path, way, method, street
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
道, 路
Emoji
🛣️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- via English
- viatecture English
- *quadruvium Latin
- avius Latin
- devius Latin
- inviāre Latin
- obvio Latin
- obvius Latin
- quadriennis Latin
- quadriformis Latin
- quadrigeminus Latin
- quadriiugis Latin
- quadriiugus Latin
- quadripartio Latin
- quattuor Latin
- trivium Latin
- via Latin
- viarius Latin
- viaticus Latin
- carruggio Italian
- quattro Italian
- via Italian
- voyou French
- Архара Russian
- vía Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷetwóres Proto-Indo-European
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- via Norwegian Bokmål
- quarto Portuguese
- via Norwegian Nynorsk
- catre Old French
- quatre Old French
- voie Old French
- via Catalan, Valencian
- beque Galician
- patru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- via Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vijë Albanian
- quatro Old Portuguese
- via Old Portuguese
- patru Aromanian
- *kʷettwōr Proto-Italic
- *wijā Proto-Italic
- quater Romansh
- quatter Romansh
- veia Romansh
- via Romansh
- cuatro Asturian
- cuatri Friulian
- catre Old Occitan
- quatre Old Occitan
- quattru Sicilian
- quatro Venetian
- quàttro Ligurian
- kuárta Kabuverdianu
- cater Ladin
- bator Sardinian
- quatro Istriot
- veîa Istriot
- quattru Corsican
- cuatro Aragonese
- quatro Mirandese
- quatr Piedmontese
- påtru Istro-Romanian
- patru Megleno-Romanian