Where does “quadrantic” come from?
quadrantic (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.
quadrantic (English): Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant
Ancestry of “quadrantic”, step by step
quadrantic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quadrant
| 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 |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |