Where does “card stunt” come from?
card stunt (English) comes from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
card stunt (English): A planned, coordinated sequence of actions performed by an audience, whose members raise cards that, in the aggregate, create a recognizable image
Definitions
- A planned, coordinated sequence of actions performed by an audience, whose members raise cards that, in the aggregate, create a recognizable image
Ancestry of “card stunt”, step by step
card stunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English card
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 3 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 4 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 5 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 6 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 7 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 8 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via English stunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stunt | A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the... |
| 2 | Middle English | stunt | Alternative form of stound: various spans of... |
| 3 | Middle English | stound | A while: a short span of time; Time, "especially"... |
| 4 | Old English | stund | time, while; a period of time, an hour;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stundu | period of time, hour |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |