qua·drille 1 
(kwŏ-drĭl, kwə-, kə-)
(kwŏ-drĭl, kwə-, kə-)n.
1. A square dance in 6/8 or 2/4 time of French origin, composed of five sections and performed by four couples.
2. The music for this dance.
[French, from quadrille, team, crew, one of four groups of horsemen, from Spanish cuadrilla, probably diminutive of cuadro, square, from Latin quadrum; see kwetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- Indo-European root: kwetwer-
- Indo-European root: kwo-
- Indo-European root: kwon-
- Indo-European root: kwrep-
- Indo-European root: kwr̥mi-
- Indo-European root: kwēt-
- Indo-European root: kā-
- Indo-European root: kō-
- Indo-European root: laks-
- Indo-European root: las-
- Indo-European root: lau-
- Indo-European root: leb-
- Indo-European root: leg-
- Indo-European root: legh-
- Indo-European root: legwh-
- Indo-European root: lei-
- Indo-European root: leid-
- Indo-European root: leig-
- Indo-European root: leigh-
- Indo-European root: leikw-
- Indo-European root: leip-
- Indo-European root: leis-
- Indo-European root: leis-
- Indo-European root: leit-
- Indo-European root: lendh-