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Where does “kare” come from?

kare (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.

kare (Turkish): square; "#" symbol on a telephone, hash,...

Definitions

  1. square; "#" symbol on a telephone, hash,...

Ancestry of “kare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقارهalternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,...
2Frenchcarrésquare; quadratic; straightforward
3Middle Frenchquarré—
4Old Frenchquarrésquare
5Latinquadrātus—
6Latinquadrō—
7Latinquādrus—
8Latinquattŭor—
9Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
10Old Portuguesequartoquarter
11Latinquārtus—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
14Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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