Where does “bećar” come from?
bećar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
bećar (Serbo-Croatian): bachelor; an unmarried man
Definitions
- bachelor; an unmarried man
Ancestry of “bećar”, step by step
bećar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish bekâr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bekâr | bachelor |
| 2 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 3 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 4 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 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 Ottoman Turkish بكار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بكار | celibate, unmarried, single, unwed, having no wife |