English
kasern
Kasern comes from German Kaserne ‘barracks’, from Latin quaternus ‘four each’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóres‘four’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquater‘four times’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquaternusas quaterna‘four each’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500cazerna
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcaserne‘barracks’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKaserne‘barracks’
- Englishearliest quotation 1977kasern
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóres‘four’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquater‘four times’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquaternusas quaterna‘four each’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500cazerna
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcaserne‘barracks’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKaserne‘barracks’
- Englishearliest quotation 1977kasern
Earliest quotation: 1977, United States House Committee on Interna, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East: “Second, an agreement focusing on manpower is inherently unverifiable,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’
fourth, quarry, cater, farthing, quatre, cuatro, tetrad, quatrain, ferd, 17 more
through Latin quaternus ‘four each’
Today it means
noun A military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres / kasern