Where does “кадр” come from?
кадр (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.
кадр (Russian): still, shot, frame; scene, shot
Definitions
- still, shot, frame; scene, shot
Ancestry of “кадр”, 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 |