Where does “pătrățică” come from?
pătrățică (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.
Ancestry of “pătrățică”, step by step
| 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 |