quadrat

quadrat · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · borrowed fromquadrātum
2. English todayquadrat

Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.

quadrat · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromquadrātum“square”
2. Italian · borrowed fromquadrato“square”
3. French · borrowed fromcadrat
4. English todayquadrat

Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.

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