Where does “bécarre” come from?
bécarre (French) comes from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
bécarre (French): natural
Definitions
- natural
Ancestry of “bécarre”, step by step
bécarre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian bequadro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 2 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Medieval Latin [[b]] [[quadrātum]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | [[b]] [[quadrātum]] | — |