Where does “bicha” come from?
bicha (French) comes from French bicher, from Hungarian betyár, from Serbo-Croatian bećar, from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus — and.
bicha (French): third-person singular past historic of bicher
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of bicher
Ancestry of “bicha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bicher | to go well; to be happy; to rejoice; to pick up,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | betyár | highwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | bećar | bachelor; an unmarried man |
| 4 | Turkish | bekâr | bachelor |
| 5 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 6 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 7 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 9 | Latin | quādrus | — |
| 10 | Latin | quattŭor | — |
| 11 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 12 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 13 | Latin | quārtus | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |