Where does “carrer” come from?
carrer (French) comes from Old French carrer, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.
carrer (French): to square
Definitions
- to square
Ancestry of “carrer”, step by step
carrer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French carrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | carrer | — |
| 2 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 3 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 4 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Latin quadrāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadrāre | — |
via Occitan carrar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occitan | carrar | — |