Where does “contracara” come from?
contracara (Romanian) comes from French contrecarrer, from French carrer, from Old French carrer, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
contracara (Romanian): to thwart
Definitions
- to thwart
Ancestry of “contracara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contrecarrer | to thwart; to stymie |
| 2 | French | carrer | to square |
| 3 | Old French | carrer | — |
| 4 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |