Where does “ка́дры” come from?
ка́дры (Russian) comes from French cadre, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
ка́дры (Russian): personnel, cadre
Definitions
- personnel, cadre
Ancestry of “ка́дры”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadre | frame; backbone; box, square |
| 2 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |