Where does “qazamat” come from?
qazamat (Azerbaijani) comes from Russian каземат, from French casemate, from Italian casamatta, from Italian matto, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
qazamat (Azerbaijani): prison
Definitions
- prison
Ancestry of “qazamat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | каземат | casemate |
| 2 | French | casemate | pillbox, blockhouse |
| 3 | Italian | casamatta | casemate |
| 4 | Italian | matto | mad, crazy; madman; Clipping of scacco matto |
| 5 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 6 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 7 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 8 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |