Where does “Karapınar” come from?
Karapınar (Turkish) comes from Turkish kara, from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus — and.
Ancestry of “Karapınar”, step by step
Karapınar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kara | black, dark; brunette; dark skinned |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قاره | alternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,... |
| 3 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 4 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 5 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 6 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 7 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Turkish pınar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | pınar | spring, fountain, fount |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پیكار | battle, war |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | بوكار | fountain, spring |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | بیكار | bachelor |
| 5 | Persian | بیکار | unemployed, jobless; idle, inactive; An... |
| 6 | Persian | کار | work; deed; occupation, job |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐎣𐎠𐎼 | the people, subjects; army |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |