English word square comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷétesres, Latin evanescere, Latin *quadrellus, and later Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr (Four.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kʷétesres | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| evanescere | Latin (lat) | |
| *quadrellus | Latin (lat) | |
| *kʷetwṓr | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *kʷettwōr | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Four. |
| quattor | Latin (lat) | (rare, cardinal). |
| quadra | Latin (lat) | Square. |
| *exquadro | Latin (lat) | |
| *exquadra | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| eschelle | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| square | English (en) | (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.. (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.. (North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.. (academia) A mortarboard. (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and [...] |