Where does “кар'єрний” come from?
кар'єрний (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.
кар'єрний (Ukrainian): quarry, open-pit mine
Definitions
- quarry, open-pit mine
Ancestry of “кар'єрний”, step by step
кар'єрний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian кар'є́р
| 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 |
via Ukrainian кар'є́ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | кар'є́ра | career one's calling in life; a person's occupation |