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Where does “uncarded” come from?

uncarded (English) comes from English carded, from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

uncarded (English): Not carded

Definitions

  1. Not carded

Ancestry of “uncarded”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcardedsimple past tense and past participle of card
2EnglishcardA playing card; Any game using playing cards; a...
3Middle Englishcardeplaying card
4Old FrenchcarteAlternative form of chartre
5Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
6Frenchcartela cartel
7Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
8Italiancartapaper; map; menu
9Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
10Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
11Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
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