Where does “a escaire” come from?
a escaire (Catalan) comes from Catalan escaire, from Catalan escairar, from Catalan caire, from Latin quadrum, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
a escaire (Catalan): askew
Definitions
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Ancestry of “a escaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | escaire | set square; right angle |
| 2 | Catalan | escairar | to square |
| 3 | Catalan | caire | corner of a polygon or polyhedron; look, aspect,... |
| 4 | Latin | quadrum | square; square section; regular shape or form |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |