Where does “kuadrá” come from?
kuadrá (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish cuadrado, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
kuadrá (Papiamentu): square
Definitions
- square
Ancestry of “kuadrá”, step by step
kuadrá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cuadrado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuadrado | square; quad, quadrat; die |
| 2 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 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 |