Where does “karaborsa” come from?
karaborsa (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.
karaborsa (Turkish): black market
Definitions
- black market
Ancestry of “karaborsa”, step by step
karaborsa traces back through 3 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 English black market
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | black market | trade that is in violation of restrictions,... |
| 2 | German | Schwarzmarkt | black market |
| 3 | German | Markt | market; market town |
| 4 | Middle High German | market | market |
| 5 | Old High German | marchāt | market |
| 6 | Late Latin | marcatus | — |
| 7 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Turkish borsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | borsa | stock market |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بورسه | exchange, stock market, bourse, a building or organization that trades stocks for money and vice versa |
| 3 | French | bourse | purse; money; financial grant |
| 4 | Italian | borsa | bag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,... |
| 5 | Latin | bursa | oxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βύρσα | the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin... |