Where does “בקר” come from?
בקר (Hebrew) comes from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
בקר (Hebrew): cattle; beef; bovid
Definitions
- cattle; beef; bovid
Ancestry of “בקר”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 2 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 3 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |