Where does “przekartkować” come from?
przekartkować (Polish) comes from Polish kartkować, from Polish kartka, from Polish karta, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
przekartkować (Polish): to leaf through, to skim
Definitions
- to leaf through, to skim
Ancestry of “przekartkować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kartkować | to leaf through, to skim |
| 2 | Polish | kartka | leaf; card |
| 3 | Polish | karta | card; playing card; debit card, credit card |
| 4 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 6 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 7 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 8 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 9 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 10 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 11 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |