Etymology

quadrant

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Today it means: One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. Full definition →

Middle English quadrant ← Old French cadran ← Latin quadrāns
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quadrant · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromquadrāns
  2. Old French · derived fromcadran
  3. Middle English · inherited fromquadrant
  4. English todayquadrant

Inherited from Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans.

quadrant · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromquadrātum
  2. Middle English · inherited fromquadrant
  3. English todayquadrant

Inherited from Middle English quadrant, quadrante, from Latin quadrātum; form influenced by Etymology 1. Doublet of quadrat and quadrate.

Words from the same roots

Latinquadrāns all →

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Latinquadrātum all →

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