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Where does “carcassa” come from?

carcassa (Catalan) comes from Italian carcassa, from French carcasse, from Old French charcois.

carcassa (Catalan): carcass

Definitions

  1. carcass

Ancestry of “carcassa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancarcassacarcass; hulk, shell; framework, skeleton
2Frenchcarcassecarcass; carcass; skeleton; bones; an assembly of...
3Old Frenchcharcois—
Every word from Old French charcois →