"fourteen" in seven languages
Meaningfourteen
Spanish
catorce
/kaˈtoɾθe/
inherited
French
quatorze
/katɔʁz/
inherited
Italian
quattordici
/kwatˈtorditʃi/
inherited
Portuguese
catorze
/kaˈtohzi/
inherited
Also spelled quatorze.
Romanian
paisprezece
/ˈpajsprezetʃe/
other source · Romanian compound patru spre zece 'four upon ten', contracted
Catalan
catorze
/kəˈtordzə/
inherited
English
fourteen
/fɔɹˈtin/
Indo-European kin · PIE *kʷetwóres + *déḱm̥
English → ItalianfourteenquattordiciDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
QUATTUORDECIM‘fourteen’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish simplified qu- to c- in spelling as well as sound: catorce beside cuatro.
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