Etymology of the English word paraquat
the English word
paraquatderived from the English word
quaternaryderived from the Latin word
quaternarius (containing, consisting of four; of 4 each)
derived from the Latin word
quaterniderived from the Latin word
quaterderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷetwer-derived from the Latin word
quattuor (four)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷetwer-derived from the English word
para-Usage
Word found in Modern English