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Where does “carreau” come from?

carreau (French) comes from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.

carreau (French): square; diamonds; tile

Definitions

  1. square; diamonds; tile

Ancestry of “carreau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquarelsquare block of stone; square-headed bolt for a...
2Vulgar Latinquadrellus—
3Latinquādrus—
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “carreau”

  • kariert
  • Karo
  • kleinkariert
  • kāravs
  • karoo
  • karo
  • kar
  • káró
  • ca-rô
  • rô
  • Karo
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