Latin

quadrō

‘to make four-cornered, square, make square’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin quadrō.

14 English words in this record descend from Latin quadrō, most familiar first.

• square ← esquarre ← *exquadra
• squad ← escouade ← squadra ← squadraredeverb. ← *exquadrō
• quarry ← quarere ← quarreria ← quarrière ← *quadraria
• quadrant ← quadrātum
• quadratic ← quadratique ← quadrātus
• quadra ← quadrus
• quadrate ← quadrat ← quadrātus
• quadratus
• cuadrilla ← cuadro ← quadrum
• quader ← quadre
• quadrat ← quadrātum
• squadra ← squadraredeverb. ← *exquadrō ← quadrus

More words from quadrō

• escouade
• quadraturist

Etymograph / Latin quadrō