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Where does “recadrer” come from?

recadrer (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.

recadrer (French): to crop; to pan and scan; to put a new spin on,...

Definitions

  1. to crop; to pan and scan; to put a new spin on,...

Ancestry of “recadrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcadrerto fit; To frame
2Latinquadrāre—
3Latinquādrus—
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “recadrer”

  • recadrage
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