Where does “幹部” come from?
幹部 (Japanese) comes from French cadre, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
幹部 (Japanese): executive; officer
Definitions
- executive; officer
Ancestry of “幹部”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadre | frame; backbone; box, square |
| 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 |