Where does “bekâr” come from?
bekâr (Turkish) comes from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
bekâr (Turkish): bachelor
Definitions
- bachelor
Ancestry of “bekâr”, step by step
bekâr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bécarre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 2 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 3 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Arabic بِكْر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بِكْر | virgin; firstborn |