Where does “tiret demi-cadratin” come from?
tiret demi-cadratin (French) comes from French cadratin, from French cadrat, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
tiret demi-cadratin (French): en dash
Definitions
- en dash
Ancestry of “tiret demi-cadratin”, step by step
tiret demi-cadratin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cadratin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadratin | em |
| 2 | French | cadrat | spacer |
| 3 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 4 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via French tiret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tiret | dash; a string used to tie papers together |
| 2 | French | tirer | to draw, drag, pull |
| 3 | Middle French | tirer | to pull |
| 4 | Old French | tirer | to pull |
| 5 | Gothic | 𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 | to tear away, remove |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | teraną | to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |