Where does “charnel” come from?
Charnel comes from Middle French charnel, from Old French charnel, from Latin carnalis meaning "of flesh," derived from Latin carō meaning "flesh" and the suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- or sek- meaning "to cut."
charnel (English): A chapel attached to a mortuary; A repository for...
Definitions
- A chapel attached to a mortuary; A repository for...
Ancestry of “charnel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | charnel | carnal |
| 2 | Late Latin | carnale | graveyard; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | carnalis | fleshly; carnal |
| 4 | Latin | caro | flesh, meat; pulp of a fruit; body |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |