Where does “карьерный” come from?
карьерный (Russian) comes from Russian карье́р, from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
карьерный (Russian): career; full gallop; open-pit mine
Definitions
- career; full gallop; open-pit mine
Ancestry of “карьерный”, step by step
карьерный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian карье́р
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карье́р | full gallop |
| 2 | French | carrière | racecourse; career; quarry |
| 3 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Russian карье́ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карье́ра | career |