Where does “карам” come from?
карам (Russian) comes from Russian ка́ра, from Polish kara, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus — and.
карам (Russian): dative plural of ка́ра; dative plural of кар
Definitions
- dative plural of ка́ра; dative plural of кар
Ancestry of “карам”, step by step
карам traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ка́ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ка́ра | penalty, punishment, retribution |
| 2 | Polish | kara | punishment; penalty, fine; inflection of karo: ##... |
| 3 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 4 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 5 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 6 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 7 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Russian кар
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | кар | power barrow, dummy car; forklift, abbreviation... |
| 2 | English | car | A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with... |
| 3 | Middle English | carre | cart, wagon |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | carre | cart |
| 5 | Latin | carra | — |
| 6 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 7 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |