Where does “kvadrattidetsimetra” come from?
kvadrattidetsimetra (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kvadratti, from Russian квадра́т, from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
kvadrattidetsimetra (Ingrian): square decimetre
Definitions
- square decimetre
Ancestry of “kvadrattidetsimetra”, step by step
kvadrattidetsimetra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ingrian kvadratti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | kvadratti | square |
| 2 | Russian | квадра́т | square |
| 3 | Latin | quadratum | a square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Ingrian detsimetra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | detsimetra | decimetre |
| 2 | Russian | дециметр | decimetre |
| 3 | French | décimètre | decimetre |
| 4 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |