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

  1. en dash

Ancestry of “tiret demi-cadratin”, step by step

tiret demi-cadratin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cadratin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcadratinem
2Frenchcadratspacer
3Latinquadrātussquare, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape
4Latinquadrōto make four-cornered, square, make square
5Latinquādrussquare
6Latinquattŭorfour; 4
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtusfourth
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via French tiret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtiretdash; a string used to tie papers together
2Frenchtirerto draw, drag, pull
3Middle Frenchtirerto pull
4Old Frenchtirerto pull
5Gothic𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽to tear away, remove
6Proto-Germanicteranąto tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug
7Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos