Where does “карьеристка” come from?
карьеристка (Russian) comes from Russian карьери́ст, from Russian карье́ра, from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Latin carrāria, from Latin carrarius, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros — to run.
карьеристка (Russian): female careerist
Definitions
- female careerist
Ancestry of “карьеристка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карьери́ст | careerist; social climber |
| 2 | Russian | карье́ра | career |
| 3 | Italian | carriera | career; the fastest gait |
| 4 | Old Occitan | carreira | — |
| 5 | Latin | carrāria | a wide road for vehicles; a path for carts; the descendants have the meaning ”path, footpath” |
| 6 | Latin | carrarius | pertaining to a cart |
| 7 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 8 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |