Where does “prequadrate” come from?
prequadrate (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.
prequadrate (English): Positioned before the quadrate bone
Definitions
- Positioned before the quadrate bone
Ancestry of “prequadrate”, step by step
prequadrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quadrate
| 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 |