Where does “quadrato” come from?
quadrato (Italian) comes from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
quadrato (Italian): square; sensible, level-headed; ring
Definitions
- square; sensible, level-headed; ring
Ancestry of “quadrato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadratum | a square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 3 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 4 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |