Where does “הבוקר” come from?
הבוקר (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew בקר, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
הבוקר (Hebrew): this morning
Definitions
- this morning
Ancestry of “הבוקר”, step by step
הבוקר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hebrew בקר
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | בקר | cattle; beef; bovid |
| 2 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 3 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 4 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 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 Hebrew הַ־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | הַ־ | the; he who |