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

  1. bachelor

Ancestry of “bekâr”, step by step

bekâr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bécarre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbécarrenatural
2ItalianbequadroThe natural symbol
3Italianquadrosquare; painting or picture; description or...
4Vulgar Latinquadrellus
5Latinquādrussquare
6Latinquattŭorfour; 4
7Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
8Old Portuguesequartoquarter
9Latinquārtusfourth
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Arabic بِكْر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبِكْرvirgin; firstborn

Words derived from “bekâr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos