English
quadrangle
Quadrangle comes from Late Latin quadrangulum.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEquadrangulum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400quadrangle
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500quadrangle
- Englishearliest quotation 1959quadrangle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEquadrangulum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400quadrangle
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500quadrangle
- Englishearliest quotation 1959quadrangle
Earliest quotation: 1959, John Knowles: “I looked up from my desk and saw that…”
Every English word from Late Latin quadrangulum
Today it means
noun Synonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin quadrangulum / quadrangle