Where does “pătrățel” come from?
pătrățel (Romanian) comes from Romanian pătrat, from Romanian patru, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
pătrățel (Romanian): Diminutive of pătrat; six pack
Definitions
- Diminutive of pătrat; six pack
Ancestry of “pătrățel”, step by step
pătrățel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pătrat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pătrat | quadratic; square; quadrat; square |
| 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 |