The story
- Latin · derived fromporticus“colonnade, portico”
- Latin · derived fromquattuor“four”
- Latin · borrowed fromquadriporticus
- English todayquadriporticus
From Latin quadriporticus, from Latin quattuor (“four”) + Latin porticus (“colonnade, portico”).
Words from the same roots
Latinquattuor all →
cotoquad-quadriviumquattuordecuplequattuorquadragintillionquattuortrigintillion
Latinporticus all →
porchporticoporticus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.