quattrocento

(kwät′trō c̸hen′tō)

noun

the 15th cent. as a period in Italian art and literature

Origin: It, four hundred: short for mille quattrocento, one thousand four hundred

See quattrocento in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The 15th-century period of Italian art and literature.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , short for (mil) quattrocento, one thousand four hundred

Origin: : quattro, four (from Latin quattuor; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots)

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