Where does “chartbuster” come from?

chartbuster (English) comes from English chart, from French charte, from Middle French charte, from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

chartbuster (English): A best-selling record; the artist featured on such a record

Definitions

  1. A best-selling record; the artist featured on such a record

Ancestry of “chartbuster”, step by step

chartbuster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchartA map; A systematic non-narrative presentation of...
2Frenchchartecharter
3Middle Frenchchartecard, map
4Old Frenchchartrecharter; covenant; written agreement; record;...
5LatinchartulaDiminutive of charta a little paper; memorandum
6Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
7Frenchcartela cartel
8Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
9Italiancartapaper; map; menu
10Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
11Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
12Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via English Buster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBusterwho or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing
2GermanBüstebust; dummy
3Frenchbustebust, torso; bust
4Italianbustotomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust
5LatinbustumA burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral...
6Latinureresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinuroI burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage
8Proto-Italicouzō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ews-to burn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-