Where does “bicher” come from?
bicher (French) comes from Hungarian betyár, from Serbo-Croatian bećar, from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus — and.
bicher (French): to go well; to be happy; to rejoice; to pick up,...
Definitions
- to go well; to be happy; to rejoice; to pick up,...
Ancestry of “bicher”, step by step
bicher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian betyár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | betyár | highwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | bećar | bachelor; an unmarried man |
| 3 | Turkish | bekâr | bachelor |
| 4 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 5 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 6 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Old French bécher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | bécher | — |
| 2 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |