écarter

Εννοια

1. to separate, move apart
2. to spread, open (fingers, legs etc)
3. to draw (curtains)
4. to dismiss, rule out, turn down
5. to remove a person from a job or position
6. to lose
7. to withdraw, diverge, deviate
8. to stray

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/e.kaʁ.te/

Ετυμολογία

According to the Trésor de la Langue Française, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *exquartāre, from classical Latin quartus.
The Vocabolario Etimologico of Pianigiani gives Vulgar Latin *excarptāre, formed with the supine Latin *excarptum of Latin *excarpāre or Latin excerpō (“choose, select”). At the same time, Pianigiani adds an alternative etymology, though not fully explained, involving a relationship to Irish scar (past participle scartha), itself derived from Old Irish scaraid.
Compare Italian scartare and squartare; Spanish and Portuguese descartar; and English discard.