Where does “carrure” come from?
carrure (French) comes from French carrer, from Old French carrer, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
carrure (French): shoulders; build; calibre
Definitions
- shoulders; build; calibre
Ancestry of “carrure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carrer | to square |
| 2 | Old French | carrer | — |
| 3 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 4 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |