Where does “quāder” come from?
quāder (German) comes from Middle English quadre, 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.
quāder (German): rectangular cuboid
Definitions
- rectangular cuboid
Ancestry of “quāder”, step by step
quāder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English quadre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | quadre | — |
| 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 |