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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

  1. bachelor; an unmarried man

Ancestry of “bećar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbekârbachelor
2Frenchbécarrenatural
3ItalianbequadroThe natural symbol
4Italianquadrosquare; painting or picture; description or...
5Vulgar Latinquadrellus—
6Latinquādrus—
7Latinquattŭor—
8Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
9Old Portuguesequartoquarter
10Latinquārtus—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “bećar”

  • bećaruša
  • betyár
  • betyáros
  • betyárkodik
  • батяр
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