Where does “quadratrix” come from?
quadratrix (English) comes from Latin quadrator, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quadratrix (English): A curve having ordinates which are a measure of...
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- A curve having ordinates which are a measure of...
Ancestry of “quadratrix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadrator | a stonecutter |
| 2 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 3 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 4 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |