Where does “kara tahta” come from?
kara tahta (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.
kara tahta (Turkish): blackboard
Definitions
- blackboard
Ancestry of “kara tahta”, step by step
kara tahta 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 tahta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | tahta | board; wood, wooden; dative singular of taht |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | تخته | board, plank; slab, tablet; sheet, layer |
| 3 | Persian | تخته | board; plank; board; blackboard, chalkboard,... |
| 4 | Middle Persian | tʾhtk' | tablet, plank, board |
| 5 | Middle Persian | tʾht' | throne |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *táxtah | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *táktas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |