Where does “kara” come from?
kara (Polish) 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.
kara (Polish): punishment; penalty, fine; inflection of karo: ##...
Definitions
- punishment; penalty, fine; inflection of karo: ##...
Ancestry of “kara”, step by step
kara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French carré
| 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 |
via Old Polish kara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | kara | light cart with one or two wheels |
| 2 | Middle High German | karre | cart |
| 3 | Old High German | karra | cart |
| 4 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 5 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |