Cadre

Definition (AHD): a nucleus of trained personnel around which a larger organization can be built and trained; a tightly knit group of zealots who are active in advancing the interests of a revolutionary party; a framework

Origin:

French, from Italian quadro, frame < Latin quadrum square < quattuor four

The I-E root *kwetwer is the ancestor of English four, Latin quattuor, quatri-, quadrans (fourth part), quartus (fourth) Greek tessara, tetra-, tra-

English > fourth, farthing (4^th part of a penny)

Latin > quatrain, quaternary, quire (originally a set of four double sheets of paper), quadratic, quarry, square (< ex + quadrum), quarrel (a bolt or square shaped tool; the other quarrel is from queri "complain"), quadrant, quarantine,quartet, quarto

Greek > tessera, trapezoid, tetrad

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