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noun, masculine

cuatrillo

/kwaˈtɾiʝo/

noun, masculine/kwaˈtɾiʝo/plural: cuatrillos

an obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook from colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr Latin quattuor Old Spanish quatro Spanish cuatro Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish cuatrillo From cuatro (“four”) + -illo.