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