Etymograph

English

quadrisyllable

From quadri- + syllable.

Formed from quadri- + syllable

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr ‘four’

Latin quattuor ‘four’

English quadri-

Proto-Hellenic *hlagʷ-

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Latin syllaba

Old French sillebe

Anglo-Norman sillable

Middle English syllable

English syllable

Today it means

noun A word of four syllables.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quadrisyllable”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / quadrisyllable