Where does “carnivalesque” come from?
Carnivalesque comes from English carnival plus the French suffix -esque, from Italian carnevale meaning "farewell to meat," derived from Latin carnis and caro both meaning "flesh," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ-.
carnivalesque (English): Resembling or characteristic of a carnival
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a carnival
Ancestry of “carnivalesque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -esque | In the style or manner of; Resembling |
| 2 | French | -esque | esque |
| 3 | Italian | -esco | Forms adjectives that indicate relationship,... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 5 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 6 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |