Where does “quadrettone” come from?
quadrettone (Italian) comes from Italian quadretto, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
quadrettone (Italian): check
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Ancestry of “quadrettone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadretto | Diminutive of quadro; small square; small piece |
| 2 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 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 |