Where does “зэфы” come from?
зэфы (Adyghe) comes from Adyghe къарэ, from Turkish kara, from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō — and.
Ancestry of “зэфы”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adyghe | къарэ | dark color |
| 2 | Turkish | kara | black, dark; brunette; dark skinned |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قاره | alternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,... |
| 4 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 5 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 6 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 7 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 8 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 9 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 10 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 11 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 12 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 13 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |