Where does “Afyonkarahisarlı” come from?
Afyonkarahisarlı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Afyonkarahisar, 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.
Afyonkarahisarlı (Turkish): A person from Afyonkarahisar
Definitions
- A person from Afyonkarahisar
Ancestry of “Afyonkarahisarlı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Afyonkarahisar | opium black castle |
| 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 |