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

  1. career; full gallop; open-pit mine

Ancestry of “карьерный”, step by step

карьерный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian карье́р

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкарье́рfull gallop
2Frenchcarrièreracecourse; career; quarry
3Old Frenchquarrière
4Vulgar Latinquadraria
5Latinquadrōto make four-cornered, square, make square
6Latinquādrussquare
7Latinquattŭorfour; 4
8Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
9Old Portuguesequartoquarter
10Latinquārtusfourth
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Russian карье́ра

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкарье́раcareer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos
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