Where does “quadrinho” come from?
quadrinho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese quadro, from Latin quadrum, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.
quadrinho (Portuguese): panel single frame in a comic strip
Definitions
- panel single frame in a comic strip
Ancestry of “quadrinho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quadro | painting; picture; square; frame |
| 2 | Latin | quadrum | square; square section; regular shape or form |
| 3 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 4 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 6 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |