Where does “cadrage” come from?
cadrage (French) comes from French cadrer, from Latin quadrāre, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
cadrage (French): framing (position of an image within a frame or border)
Definitions
- framing (position of an image within a frame or border)
Ancestry of “cadrage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadrer | to fit; To frame |
| 2 | Latin | quadrāre | — |
| 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 |