Where does “карье́р” come from?
карье́р (Russian) comes from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
карье́р (Russian): full gallop
Definitions
- full gallop
Ancestry of “карье́р”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carrière | racecourse; career; quarry |
| 2 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 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 |