Where does “quadrettatura” come from?
quadrettatura (Italian) comes from Italian quadrettare, from Italian quadretto, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
quadrettatura (Italian): division into squares
Ancestry of “quadrettatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | quadrettare | to divide into squares; to chequer / checker |
| 2 | Italian | quadretto | Diminutive of quadro; small square; small piece |
| 3 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | — |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | — |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |