Where does “karaborsacı” come from?
karaborsacı (Turkish) comes from Turkish karaborsa, from Turkish kara, from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō — and.
karaborsacı (Turkish): black marketeer
Definitions
- black marketeer
Ancestry of “karaborsacı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | karaborsa | black market |
| 2 | Turkish | kara | black, dark; brunette; dark skinned |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قاره | alternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,... |
| 4 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 5 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 6 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 7 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 8 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 9 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 10 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 11 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 12 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 13 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |