Quadrille Definition
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Origin of Quadrille
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French from quadrille team, crew, one of four groups of horsemen from Spanish cuadrilla probably diminutive of cuadro square from Latin quadrum kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French, in sense of “group of knights", from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square") (compare also cuadra (“four")), from Latin quadra.
From Wiktionary
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French perhaps from Spanish cuartillo diminutive of cuarto fourth from Latin quārtus kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French quadrillé.
From Wiktionary
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