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Where does “carre” come from?

carre (French) comes from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.

carre (French): square; quadratic; straightforward

Definitions

  1. square; quadratic; straightforward

Ancestry of “carre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchquarré—
2Old Frenchquarrésquare
3Latinquadrātus—
4Latinquadrō—
5Latinquādrus—
6Latinquattŭor—
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “carre”

  • каре
  • carroyer
  • bicarré
  • carrément
  • kariert
  • Karree
  • kleinkariert
  • kare
  • kare
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