quarry
English
/ˈkwɒɹi/, /ˈkwɔɹi/
noun
Definitions
- (mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quarere derived from Latin quarreria derived from Old French quarrière derived from Latin *quadraria, quadrō (make square, square, I square, cut into a square, I make four-corned) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷetwóres
Gloss
four
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
四
Emoji
🍀 🕓️ 🕟️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- master English
- quarriable English
- quarrier English
- quarrylike English
- quarryman English
- quarrymaster English
- *quadraria Latin
- quadrator Latin
- quadratura Latin
- quadrātus Latin
- quadrō Latin
- quarreria Latin
- quater Latin
- quattuor Latin
- quārtus Latin
- τέσσαρες Ancient Greek
- τέτταρες Ancient Greek
- τετράς Ancient Greek
- *kʷetwóres Proto-Indo-European
- *fedwōr Proto-Germanic
- *feþur- Proto-Germanic
- चतुर Sanskrit
- चतुर् Sanskrit
- quarere Middle English
- cairéal Irish
- *četyre Proto-Slavic
- quarrière Old French
- չորք Old Armenian
- quar Ido
- *kʷetesres Proto-Celtic
- *kʷetwares Proto-Celtic
- *kʷetwr̥es Proto-Celtic
- *čatwā́ras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kʷettwōr Proto-Italic
- cairél Middle Irish
- *ketur- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- śwerppewä Tocharian B
- *kʷétwores Proto-Hellenic
- *ś(ä)twer Proto-Tocharian
- keturjāi Old Prussian
- 𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌓 Umbrian
- *kʷtwr̥- Proto-Armenian
- petranioi Lusitanian