Latin

quattuor

‘four’

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

38 English words in this record descend from Latin quattuor, most familiar first.

• square ← esquarre ← *exquadra ← quadro ← quadrus
• squad ← escouade ← squadra ← squadraredeverb. ← *exquadrō
• squadron ← squadrone ← squadra ← squadrare ← *exquadrāre
• quarry ← quarere ← quarreria ← quarrière ← *quadraria
• cater ← quatre ← quatre
• quadrant ← cadran ← quadrāns
• quadruple ← quadruplus
• cadre ← quadro ← quadrum
• quadratic ← quadratique ← quadrātus ← quadrō ← quadrus
• quatre
• cuatro ← quatro
• quadra ← quadrus ← quadrō

More words from quattuor

• quatrain
• quadrate
• quadratus
• cuadrilla
• quader
• quadrat
• squadra
• carreau
• cadrans
• cuatrillo
• dodrans
• escouade
• quasquicentennial
• quadrans
• quadrigatus
• quadrigal
• quadrantal
• quadruplicity
• quattuorvigintillion
• quadraturist
• quattuortrigintillion
• quadranscentennial
• quattuordecuple
• quattuorquadragintillion
• squadrista
• squadrism

Etymograph / Latin quattuor