Etymology

quadrennial

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Latin quadriennium
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromquadriennium“four-year period”
  2. English todayquadrennial

Borrowed from Latin quadriennium (“four-year period”), from quattuor (“four”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, quadr- + -ennial.

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