Where does “careerer” come from?
careerer (English) comes from English career, from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
careerer (English): One who careers
Definitions
- One who careers
Ancestry of “careerer”, step by step
careerer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English career
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | career | One's calling in life; a person's occupation;... |
| 2 | French | carrière | racecourse; career; quarry |
| 3 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |