quedan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Warehouse receipt issued for stored commodities, especially sugar.
Example Sentences
- "ARTICLE 1636. In the preceding articles in this Title governing the sale of goods, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: (1) “Document of title to goods” includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, “quedan,” or warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business in the sale or transfer of goods, as proof of the possession or control of the goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize the possessor of the document to transfer or receive, either by indorsement or by delivery, goods represented by such document."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin quiētō Vulgar Latin *quētāre Old Spanish quedar Spanish quedar Spanish quedanbor. English quedan Borrowed from Spanish quedan, ellipsis of quedan [depositadas] (“there are hereby deposited”), a phrase that appeared on the receipt. The term quedan is the third-person plural present indicative of quedar (“to remain”), from Old Spanish quedar, from Vulgar Latin *quētāre, from Late Latin quiētō, from quiētus (“quiet, calm”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
Word Breakdown
- Root: quedar, *quētāre, quiētō
Inflected Forms
quedans (plural)