Where does “rectangle” come from?
rectangle (Catalan) comes from Latin rectangulum, from Latin rēctus, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
rectangle (Catalan): rectangle
Ancestry of “rectangle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | rectangulum | nominative neuter singular of rēctangulus;... |
| 2 | Latin | rēctus | — |
| 3 | Latin | regō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
Words derived from “rectangle”