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quod erat demonstrandum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
quod er-at demon-stran-dum
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quod erat dēmōnstrandum, ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι

Inflected Forms

quae erant demonstranda (plural)

Derived Forms

Q.E.D.

Questions

What does quod erat demonstrandum mean?
which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.
Where does quod erat demonstrandum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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