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 — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
carene (English): A fast of forty days on bread and water
Definitions
- A fast of forty days on bread and water
Ancestry of “carene”, step by step
carene traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin carēna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | carēna | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | quadragēna | — |
| 3 | Latin | quadrāgēnus | forty each; forty at a time |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |