Where does “quadrangle” come from?
Quadrangle comes from Old French quadrangle, from Latin quadrangulum, derived from Latin quadrangulus, combining Latin angulus and ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ang- and kauput-.
quadrangle (English): A geometric shape with four angles and four...
Definitions
- A geometric shape with four angles and four...
Ancestry of “quadrangle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | quadrangle | quadrangle |
| 2 | Old French | quadrangle | quadrangle; quadrangular |
| 3 | Latin | quadrangulum | quadrangle |
| 4 | Latin | quadrangulus | quadrangular |
| 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 |