myEtymology.com: French etymology of carrière

1. Etymology of the French word carrière

the French word carrière

derived from the Late Latin word carrus (wagon)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kers-

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *quadraria

derived from the Latin word quadrus (square)

derived from the Latin word quattuor (four)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷetwer-

English career, Romanian carieră

Dutch carrière, Dutch karst, English career, English karst, French karst, French charrière, German Karriere, German Karrier, Italian carriera, Lithuanian karjera, Norwegian karriere, Polish kariera, Portuguese carreira, Portuguese carreir a, Provençal carriera, Russian каpьera, Spanish carrera, Swedish karriär

derived from the French word carrière