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Where does “caren” come from?

caren (English) comes from Middle English caren, from Old English carian, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz.

caren (English): plural simple present of care

Definitions

  1. plural simple present of care

Ancestry of “caren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcarento care
2Old Englishcarianto care about; to care, to feel concern,...
3Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
4English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
5Middle English-ant—
6Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
7Proto-West Germanic*-andī—
8Proto-Germanic-andz—
9Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
10Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
11Hungarianönyou
12Hungarianön-self-
13Turkishönfront
14Ottoman Turkishاوك—
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