Where does “kvarlatero” come from?

kvarlatero (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto latero, from Latin lātus, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

kvarlatero (Esperanto): a quadrilateral, quadrangle

Definitions

  1. a quadrilateral, quadrangle

Ancestry of “kvarlatero”, step by step

kvarlatero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto latero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolateroside
2Latinlātuswide, broad
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

via Esperanto kvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokvarfour
2Latinquārtusfourth
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →