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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.

Ancestry of “ка́дры”, step by step

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