Where does “karrieregeil” come from?
karrieregeil (German) comes from German Karriere, from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
karrieregeil (German): career-mad, career-obsessed, career-bent
Definitions
- career-mad, career-obsessed, career-bent
Ancestry of “karrieregeil”, step by step
karrieregeil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Karriere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Karriere | career |
| 2 | French | carrière | racecourse; career; quarry |
| 3 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via German geil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geil | salacious; lustful; horny; keen on; bent on;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | geil | — |
| 3 | Old High German | geil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gail | wanton; lustful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gailaz | merry, excited, lush, beautiful, lustful |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoylos | frothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton;... |