Etymology

quadrennium

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Today it means: A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars. Full definition →

Late Latin quadrennium ← Latin quadriennium
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  1. Latin · derived fromquadriennium
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromquadrennium
  3. English todayquadrennium

From Late Latin quadrennium, from Latin quadriennium, from quadriennis (“4-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Words from the same roots

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quadrennial

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