quadraria
Forms
quadraria f (genitive quadrariae); first declension[1] Medieval spellings include quarraria, quarreria, quareria, quarera, carraria and quadreria.[1][2] Du Cange explains the spelling quareia as standing for quareria.[3]
Etymology
It is from Latin quadrus (“square”) + -ārius, in the feminine,[4][1] literally a place where stones are squared.[5] Du Cange glosses it as a pit from which squared stones are dug.[3]
Etymonline derives the English word quarry from quareia, a dissimilated form of quarreria, and connects it with quadrō (“to make square”).[5]
Earliest recorded meaning
Köbler's earliest record is a charter of 823, meaning a quarry.[2]
Semantic evolution
The word kept the one sense through the Middle Ages, in many spellings.[1][2] The Domesday Book lists quarries among the sources of rent.[4] Abbot Suger, in his book on the consecration of the church of Saint-Denis, admires a quarry near Pontoise.[3] Charters grant monks quarries beside turbaries and stone pits.[3]
Timeline
- 823 – First recorded in a charter.[2]
- 1085–1086 – The Domesday Book lists quarries yielding rents.[4][6]
- 1208 – A charter mentions the tithes of a mill, a fishery and a quarry.[3]
- late 14th century – English quarry is recorded.[5]
Meanings
Noun
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d e Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
- ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c d e f du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
- ^ a b c d Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
- ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (1992), 3rd ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin