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.
ка́дровый (Russian): personnel, human resources
Definitions
- personnel, human resources
Ancestry of “ка́дровый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ка́дры | personnel, cadre |
| 2 | French | cadre | frame; backbone; box, square |
| 3 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 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 |