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