Where does “charade” come from?
Charade comes from French charade, from Occitan charrado, derived from the Occitan verb charrar, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -tós via Latin -atus and Proto-Italic -ātos.
charade (English): A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer...
Definitions
- A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer...
Ancestry of “charade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | charade | charade; something bizarre or hard to understand;... |
| 2 | Occitan | charrada | conversation; chatter |
| 3 | Occitan | charrar | to chat; to waffle; to chatter |