Where does “kare” come from?
kare (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
kare (Serbo-Croatian): loin
Definitions
- loin
Ancestry of “kare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 2 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 3 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 4 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 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 |