Etymograph

English

quadripolar

From quadri- + polar.

Formed from quadri- + polar

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr ‘four’

Latin quattuor ‘four’

English quadri-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

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Proto-Hellenic *pólos

Ancient Greek πόλος ‘pivot, hinge, axis, pole’

Latin polus ‘pole’

Late Latin polāris ‘of or pertaining to the poles’

English polar

Today it means

adj Having or involving four poles.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quadripolar”. 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.

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