Where does “careen” come from?

careen (English) comes from French carène, from Italian carena, from Latin carina, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

careen (English): To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose...

Definitions

  1. To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose...

Ancestry of “careen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarènehull; keel
2Italiancarenakeel; third-person singular present indicative of...
3Latincarinakeel of a ship; ship
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “careen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Latin carina →Every word from Italian carena →