Where does “quadratic integer” come from?
quadratic integer (English) comes from English quadratic, from French quadratique, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
quadratic integer (English): A number which is a solution to an equation of...
Definitions
- A number which is a solution to an equation of...
Ancestry of “quadratic integer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadratic | square-shaped; of a polynomial, involving the... |
| 2 | French | quadratique | quadratic |
| 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 |