Where does “kwadratura” come from?
kwadratura (Maltese) comes from Italian quadratura, from Latin quadratura, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
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Ancestry of “kwadratura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quadratura | squaring; square, panel; quadrature |
| 2 | Latin | quadratura | a squaring, making square, quadrature; a square |
| 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 |