Where does “quadraturist” come from?
quadraturist (English) comes from Italian quadraturista, from Italian quadratura, from Latin quadratura, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
quadraturist (English): A person who paints quadratures
Definitions
- A person who paints quadratures
Ancestry of “quadraturist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadraturista | person who paints quadratures |
| 2 | Italian | quadratura | squaring; square, panel; quadrature |
| 3 | Latin | quadratura | a squaring, making square, quadrature; a square |
| 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 |