Tetra-

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtÉ›tɹə/

Origin

From combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (tettares), τέσσαρες (tessares, "four").

Prefix

1. Forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’.
• 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: -latryWhich 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 circles

Synonyms

• quadri-

Derived terms