Where does “Hrankarier” come from?
Hrankarier (English) comes from Ukrainian гранкар'єр, from Ukrainian кар'є́р, from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
Ancestry of “Hrankarier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | гранкар'єр | granite quarry |
| 2 | Ukrainian | кар'є́р | quarry, borrow pit |
| 3 | French | carrière | racecourse; career; quarry |
| 4 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 6 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 7 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |