Where does “kare” come from?
kare (Mauritian Creole) comes from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
kare (Mauritian Creole): square
Definitions
- square
Ancestry of “kare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 2 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 3 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 4 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 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 |