Etymology

quadword

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Today it means: A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits. Full definition →

English word ← Latin quadri- ← Proto-Italic *kʷetru-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷetru-
  4. Latinquadri-
  5. Englishquadri-clip.
  6. Englishquad-
  7. Englishword
  8. English todayquadword

From quad- + word.

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