Where does “Quarryville” come from?
Quarryville (English) comes from English quarry, from Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
Ancestry of “Quarryville”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarry | A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | quarere | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | quarreria | — |
| 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 |