Where does “quadrare” come from?

quadrare (Italian) comes from Latin quadrāre, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quadrare (Italian): to square; to tally or balance; to be exact

Definitions

  1. to square; to tally or balance; to be exact

Ancestry of “quadrare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquadrāre—
2Latinquādrussquare
3Latinquattŭorfour; 4
4Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
5Old Portuguesequartoquarter
6Latinquārtusfourth
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quadrare”

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