Where does “hirsgwarau” come from?
hirsgwarau (Welsh) comes from Welsh hirsgwar, from Welsh sgwâr, from English square, from Middle English square, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
Ancestry of “hirsgwarau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | hirsgwar | rectangle, oblong |
| 2 | Welsh | sgwâr | square |
| 3 | English | square | A polygon with four sides of equal length and... |
| 4 | Middle English | square | A square tool used to ensure a right angle |
| 5 | Old French | esquarre | square |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |