Where does “kwadracik” come from?
kwadracik (Polish) comes from Polish kwadrat, from Italian quadrato, from Latin quadratum, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
Ancestry of “kwadracik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kwadrat | square; crib, place; squared, raised to the... |
| 2 | Italian | quadrato | square; sensible, level-headed; ring |
| 3 | Latin | quadratum | a square, quadrate; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |