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Where does “quadratically” come from?

quadratically (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.

quadratically (English): In a quadratic way

Definitions

  1. In a quadratic way

Ancestry of “quadratically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishquadraticsquare-shaped; of a polynomial, involving the...
2Frenchquadratiquequadratic
3Latinquadrātus—
4Latinquadrō—
5Latinquādrus—
6Latinquattŭor—
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →