Where does “Pătruțești” come from?
Pătruțești (Romanian) comes from Romanian Pătruță, from Romanian patru, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
Ancestry of “Pătruțești”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Pătruță | — |
| 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 |