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