English

quadradiate

From quad- + radiate.

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr ‘four’

Latin quattuor ‘four’

English quad-

Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel’

Latin radiō ‘to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out…’

Latin radiātus ‘radiated’

Today it means

adj Having four radial arms

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / quadradiate