Where does “quadrantectomy” come from?
quadrantectomy (English) comes from English quadrant, from Middle English quadrant, from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
quadrantectomy (English): Excision of the tissue in a breast quadrant, as a...
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- Excision of the tissue in a breast quadrant, as a...
Ancestry of “quadrantectomy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadrant | One of the four sections made by dividing an area... |
| 2 | Middle English | quadrant | — |
| 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 |