Where does “cadre” come from?
Cadre comes from French cadre, from Italian quadro meaning "square," from Latin quadrum, derived from quattuor meaning "four."
cadre (English): A frame or framework; The framework or skeleton...
Definitions
- A frame or framework; The framework or skeleton...
Ancestry of “cadre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadre | frame; backbone; box, square |
| 2 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 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 |