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