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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

  1. An area of land, marked for studying its plants,...

Ancestry of “quadrat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquadratosquare; sensible, level-headed; ring
2Latinquadratuma square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of...
3Latinquadrātus—
4Latinquadrō—
5Latinquādrus—
6Latinquattŭor—
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quadrat”

  • quad
  • subquadrat
  • quadlike
  • quad
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