Where does “dot-carnage” come from?
dot-carnage (English) comes from English carnage, from Middle French carnage, from Old French charnage, from Old French char, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós — to run.
dot-carnage (English): The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which...
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- The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which...
Ancestry of “dot-carnage”, step by step
dot-carnage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carnage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carnage | Death and destruction; The corpses, gore, etc.... |
| 2 | Middle French | carnage | a piece of meat used as bait |
| 3 | Old French | charnage | flesh; meat; a meat-based course of a meal |
| 4 | Old French | char | flesh; meat; cart |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
via English dot-com
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dot-com | Alternative spelling of dotcom |