Where does “împătrire” come from?
împătrire (Romanian) comes from Romanian împătri, from Romanian patru, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
împătrire (Romanian): quadruplication
Definitions
- quadruplication
Ancestry of “împătrire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | împătri | to quadruple |
| 2 | Romanian | patru | four |
| 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 |