FOUR

Meaning

A numerical value equal to 4; the number following three and preceding five.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

PIE word *kʷetwóres Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-West Germanic *feuwar Old English fēower Middle English four English four From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre. Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Welsh pedwar, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Synonyms & Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 6 recorded puzzles:

• 2026-03-14RBFGLOU
• 2025-10-30RAFLMOU
• 2024-12-15UFRNIOT
• 2024-07-02RAFLOUV
• 2024-02-17OBRGFLU
• 2023-03-23OVAULFR