Where does “noncareer” come from?
noncareer (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.
noncareer (English): Not of or pertaining to a career; nonoccupational
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to a career; nonoccupational
Ancestry of “noncareer”, step by step
noncareer 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 |