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Where does “ка́дровый” come from?

ка́дровый (Russian) comes from Russian ка́дры, from French cadre, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.

Ancestry of “ка́дровый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianка́дры—
2Frenchcadreframe; backbone; box, square
3Italianquadrosquare; painting or picture; description or...
4Vulgar Latinquadrellus—
5Latinquādrus—
6Latinquattŭor—
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “ка́дровый”

  • кадровик
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