Where does “quadrangle” come from?
quadrangle (Middle English) comes from Old French quadrangle, from Latin quadrangulum, from Latin quadrangulus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
quadrangle (Middle English): quadrangle
Definitions
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Ancestry of “quadrangle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quadrangle | quadrangle; quadrangular |
| 2 | Latin | quadrangulum | quadrangle |
| 3 | Latin | quadrangulus | quadrangular |
| 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 |