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How did the square shape get its name?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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12y ago

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It derives ultimately from the Latin for "four". The chain goes something like

Latin quattour "four"

Latin quadrus "square"

Latin exquadrare "to make square"

Old French esquire "a square, squareness"

English square

square= 'four equal'

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