square
Middle English
/ˈskwaːr(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A square tool used to ensure a right angle
- A square equilateral rectangle; a square plot of land.
- One of the edges of a square.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French esquarre (square) derived from Latin *exquadra, quadro.
Origin
Latin
quadro
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polybius square English
- Squaresville English
- capsquare English
- foursquare English
- goalsquare English
- headsquare English
- heterosquare English
- nonsquare English
- oversquare English
- polysquare English
- quasisquare English
- semisquare English
- squarable English
- square English
- square-free English
- squarefree English
- squarehead English
- squareless English
- squarelike English
- squarely English
- squareneck English
- squareness English
- squarer English
- squaresail English
- squaretail English
- squareth English
- squaretoes English
- squarewise English
- squaric English
- squarish English
- squaroid English
- subsquare English
- supersquare English
- trysquare English
- undersquare English
- unsquarable English
- unsquare English
- *exquadra Latin
- ex- Latin
- quadro Latin
- quadrus Latin
- squadra Italian
- square French
- équerre French
- équerrer French
- сквер Russian
- スクウェア Japanese
- skwer Polish
- sware Middle English
- esquarre Old French
- สแควร์ Thai
- sgwâr Welsh
- êtchèrre Norman
- ê-ke Vietnamese
- isikwele Zulu
- jukweea Marshallese
- isikwere Xhosa