tetra-
prefix/ˈtɛtɹə/
Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). Doublet of quadri-.
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Morpheme Four.
- Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
- Related terms
- number