Etymograph

English

quadral

Quadral comes from New Latin quadrālis, from Proto-Italic *kʷetru- ‘four, quadri-’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwr̥-1‘four, fourfold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷetru-1‘four, quadri-’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  3. New Latinc. 1500–1900quadrālis2
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1925quadral2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quadri-
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English quadral
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, John Hubert Scott: “The first instinctive step in revising written matter looks…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwr̥-Wiktionary, Latin quadri-‘four, fourfold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷetru-Wiktionary, Latin quadri-‘four, quadri-’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  3. New Latinc. 1500–1900quadrālisWiktionary, English quadral
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1925quadralWiktionary, English quadral. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, John Hubert Scott: “The first instinctive step in revising written matter looks…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-

Today it means

noun A grammatical number referring to four (or more) things.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quadral”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin quadri-. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- / quadral

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