Where does “quadrangularity” come from?
quadrangularity (English) comes from English quadrangular, from Latin quadrangularis, from Latin quadrangulum, from Latin quadrangulus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
quadrangularity (English): The quality of being quadrangular
Definitions
- The quality of being quadrangular
Ancestry of “quadrangularity”, step by step
quadrangularity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quadrangular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadrangular | Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of... |
| 2 | Latin | quadrangularis | 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 |