Where does “Quadratmeile” come from?

Quadratmeile (German) comes from German Quadrat, from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.

Quadratmeile (German): square mile

Definitions

  1. square mile

Ancestry of “Quadratmeile”, step by step

Quadratmeile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Quadrat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanQuadratsquare
2Latinquadratuma square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of...
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 German Meile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeilemile; league
2Middle High Germanmīle
3Old High Germanmīlamile
4Latinmīlia
5Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-
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