Where does “escuadrar” come from?
escuadrar (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin exquadro, from Latin quadrus, from Latin quadro, from Latin quadra, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
escuadrar (Spanish): to square
Definitions
- to square
Ancestry of “escuadrar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | exquadro | — |
| 2 | Latin | quadrus | square |
| 3 | Latin | quadro | I make four-cornered, square, make square; I put... |
| 4 | Latin | quadra | 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 |