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Where does “quadrangle” come from?

quadrangle (Old French) comes from Latin quadrangulum, from Latin quadrangulus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quadrangle (Old French): quadrangle; quadrangular

Definitions

  1. quadrangle; quadrangular

Ancestry of “quadrangle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquadrangulumquadrangle
2Latinquadrangulusquadrangular
3Latinquattŭor—
4Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
5Old Portuguesequartoquarter
6Latinquārtus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quadrangle”

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