Where does “казарма” come from?
казарма (Bulgarian) 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.
казарма (Bulgarian): barrack, barracks
Definitions
- barrack, barracks
Ancestry of “казарма”, 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 |