Where does “quarrystone” come from?
quarrystone (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.
quarrystone (English): rubble masonry
Definitions
- rubble masonry
Ancestry of “quarrystone”, step by step
quarrystone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quarry
| 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 |
via English Stone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Stone | for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from |
| 2 | Middle English | ston | Alternative form of stone |
| 3 | Old English | stān | stone, rock |
| 4 | Old Norse | Veggr | name of a dwarf |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wajjuz | wall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wh̥₁yús | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |