Etymograph

English

tessular

Tessular comes from Latin tessera, from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες ‘four’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóres1‘four’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷétwores1‘four’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέσσαρες2‘four’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtessera3
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900tessula3
  6. Englishtodaytessular3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέσσαρες
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin tessera
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English tessular

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóresWiktionary, Ancient Greek τέσσαρες‘four’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷétworesWiktionary, Ancient Greek τέσσαρες‘four’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέσσαρεςWiktionary, Latin tessera‘four’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtesseraWiktionary, English tessular
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900tessulaWiktionary, English tessular
  6. EnglishtodaytessularWiktionary, English tessular

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’

fourth, quarry, cater, kern, farthing, quatre, quire, cuatro, carillon, quatrain, ferd, tetrad, 17 more

Today it means

adj tesseral

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tessular”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek τέσσαρες, Latin tessera. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres / tessular

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