Where does “կազարմա” come from?
կազարմա (Armenian) comes from Russian каза́рма, from Polish kazarma, from German Kaserne, from Italian caserma, from French caserne, from Old Occitan cazerna, from Vulgar Latin quaderna, from Latin quaterni — and.
կազարմա (Armenian): barracks building for soldiers
Definitions
- barracks building for soldiers
Ancestry of “կազարմա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | каза́рма | barrack, barracks |
| 2 | Polish | kazarma | barracks |
| 3 | German | Kaserne | barracks |
| 4 | Italian | caserma | barracks |
| 5 | French | caserne | barracks |
| 6 | Old Occitan | cazerna | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | quaderna | — |
| 8 | Latin | quaterni | four each; four at a time |
| 9 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 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 |