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Where does “Carmen” come from?

Carmen (Cebuano) comes from Spanish carmen, from Latin carmen, from Proto-Indo-European kan- — to sing; hemp.

Ancestry of “Carmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcarmenA type of house in Granada
2Latincarmensong, tune; poem, poetry , verse; incantation,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp
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