Where does “palatopterygoquadrate” come from?
palatopterygoquadrate (English) comes from English quadrate, from Middle English quadrat, from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
palatopterygoquadrate (English): A certain jaw bone in reptiles and fish, consisting of fused palatine, pterygoid and quadrate bones
Definitions
- A certain jaw bone in reptiles and fish, consisting of fused palatine, pterygoid and quadrate bones
Ancestry of “palatopterygoquadrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadrate | Having four equal sides, the opposite sides... |
| 2 | Middle English | quadrat | — |
| 3 | Latin | quadratum | a square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |