Where does “charitable” come from?
Charitable comes from Old French charitable, derived from Old French charité, from Latin caritas meaning "dearness" or "affection," formed from the root kāro- ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European keh₂ros.
charitable (English): Pertaining to charity; Kind, generous; Having a...
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- Pertaining to charity; Kind, generous; Having a...
Ancestry of “charitable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | charitable | — |
| 2 | Old French | charité | generosity; sense of charity; charitable... |
| 3 | Latin | cāritās | dearness |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |