Where does “bacior” come from?
bacior (Polish) comes from Polish baciar, from Hungarian betyár, from Serbo-Croatian bećar, from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus — and.
Ancestry of “bacior”, step by step
bacior traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish baciar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | baciar | scamp, rascal, imp, batiar |
| 2 | Hungarian | betyár | highwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | bećar | bachelor; an unmarried man |
| 4 | Turkish | bekâr | bachelor |
| 5 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 6 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 7 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 9 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 10 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 11 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 12 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 13 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Polish bat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | bat | whip; bateau; baht |
| 2 | Thai | บาท | priest; foot; an honorific for or term of address... |
| 3 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |