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Where does “carene” come from?

carene (English) comes from Latin carēna, from Late Latin quadragēna, from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

carene (English): A fast of forty days on bread and water

Definitions

  1. A fast of forty days on bread and water

Ancestry of “carene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarēna—
2Late Latinquadragēna—
3Latinquadrāgēnus—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →