Where does “quadrat” come from?
quadrat (English) comes from Italian quadrato, from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
quadrat (English): An area of land, marked for studying its plants,...
Definitions
- An area of land, marked for studying its plants,...
Ancestry of “quadrat”, step by step
quadrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian quadrato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadrato | square; sensible, level-headed; ring |
| 2 | Latin | quadratum | a square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 4 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via French cadrat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadrat | spacer |