Where does “بور” come from?
بور (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic بور, from French port, from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter, from Old French -ment — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
بور (Ottoman Turkish): (of land) unfit for cultivation; waste
Definitions
- (of land) unfit for cultivation; waste
Ancestry of “بور”, step by step
بور traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic بور
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بور | fallow, uncultivated; stagnant, waste-; to let... |
| 2 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 3 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 4 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 5 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 6 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 7 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 8 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 9 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 10 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via Persian بور
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | بور | fair, blonde; reddish brown, bay; brown |
| 2 | French | bore | boron |
| 3 | French | borax | borax |
| 4 | English | borax | A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a... |
| 5 | Middle English | boras | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | boreis | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | baurach | borax |
| 8 | Arabic | بَوْرَق | — |
| 9 | Persian | بوره | borax; sugar |
| 10 | Middle Persian | bwlk' | — |