Where does “karaat” come from?

karaat (Dutch) comes from Middle French carat, from Italian carato, from Arabic قِيرَاط, from Ancient Greek κεράτιον, from Ancient Greek κέρας, from Proto-Hellenic *kérats.

karaat (Dutch): carat

Definitions

  1. carat

Ancestry of “karaat”, step by step

karaat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French carat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcaratcarat (measure of purity of gold)
2Italiancaratocarat; share; first-person singular present...
3Arabicقِيرَاطcarat; husk
4Ancient Greekκεράτιονsmall horn; carat, 1⁄1728 of a pound; a Byzantine...
5Ancient Greekκέραςhorn; horn as a material, or anything made of...
6Proto-Hellenic*kérats

via Greek keration

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekkeration

Words derived from “karaat

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kératsEvery word from Ancient Greek κέραςEvery word from Ancient Greek κεράτιον
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