Where does “karjäär” come from?
karjäär (Estonian) comes from Russian карье́р, from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
karjäär (Estonian): career (occupational path)
Definitions
- career (occupational path)
Ancestry of “karjäär”, step by step
karjäär traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian карье́р
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карье́р | full gallop |
| 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 German Karriere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Karriere | career |