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Where does “Quadratwurzel” come from?

Quadratwurzel (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.

Quadratwurzel (German): square root

Definitions

  1. square root

Ancestry of “Quadratwurzel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanQuadratsquare
2Latinquadratuma square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of...
3Latinquadrātus—
4Latinquadrō—
5Latinquādrus—
6Latinquattŭor—
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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