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Where does “subquadratic” come from?

subquadratic (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.

subquadratic (English): Describing an algorithm that runs in greater than...

Definitions

  1. Describing an algorithm that runs in greater than...

Ancestry of “subquadratic”, 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

Words derived from “subquadratic”

  • subquadratically
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