Where does “Şarkikaraağaç” come from?
Şarkikaraağaç (Turkish) comes from Turkish Karaağaç, from Turkish kara, from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō — and.
Ancestry of “Şarkikaraağaç”, step by step
Şarkikaraağaç traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish Karaağaç
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Karaağaç | elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.) |
| 2 | Turkish | kara | black, dark; brunette; dark skinned |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قاره | alternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,... |
| 4 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 5 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 6 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 7 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 8 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 9 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 10 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 11 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 12 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 13 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |