Where does “гранкар'єр” come from?
гранкар'єр (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian кар'є́р, from French carrière, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
гранкар'єр (Ukrainian): granite quarry
Definitions
- granite quarry
Ancestry of “гранкар'єр”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | кар'є́р | quarry, borrow pit |
| 2 | French | carrière | racecourse; career; quarry |
| 3 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 6 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |