Where does “thank you card” come from?
thank you card (English) comes from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
thank you card (English): A card written as a thank you to someone, usually...
Definitions
- A card written as a thank you to someone, usually...
Ancestry of “thank you card”, step by step
thank you card traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English card
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 3 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 4 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 5 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 6 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 7 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 8 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via English thank you
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thank you | An expression of gratitude or politeness in... |
| 2 | English | thank-you | An expression of gratitude; That expresses thanks |
| 3 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 4 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 5 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |