Where does “betyár” come from?
betyár (Hungarian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bećar, from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
betyár (Hungarian): highwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal
Definitions
- highwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal
Ancestry of “betyár”, step by step
betyár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian bećar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | bećar | bachelor; an unmarried man |
| 2 | Turkish | bekâr | bachelor |
| 3 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 4 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 5 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 7 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Ottoman Turkish بیكار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بیكار | bachelor |
| 2 | Persian | بیکار | unemployed, jobless; idle, inactive; An... |
| 3 | Persian | کار | work; deed; occupation, job |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐎣𐎠𐎼 | the people, subjects; army |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |