Where does “kvadraturo” come from?
kvadraturo (Esperanto) comes from Latin quadratura, 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.
kvadraturo (Esperanto): quadrature; the determining of an area
Definitions
- quadrature; the determining of an area
Ancestry of “kvadraturo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadratura | a squaring, making square, quadrature; a square |
| 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 |