Where does “semiquadrangular” come from?
semiquadrangular (English) comes from English quadrangular, from Latin quadrangularis, from Latin quadrangulum, from Latin quadrangulus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
semiquadrangular (English): Having the shape of half a quadrangle
Definitions
- Having the shape of half a quadrangle
Ancestry of “semiquadrangular”, step by step
semiquadrangular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quadrangular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadrangular | Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of... |
| 2 | Latin | quadrangularis | quadrangular |
| 3 | Latin | quadrangulum | quadrangle |
| 4 | Latin | quadrangulus | quadrangular |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |