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Where does “uncharnel” come from?

uncharnel (English) comes from English charnel, from Old French charnel, from Late Latin carnale, from Latin carnalis, from Latin caro, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

uncharnel (English): To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the...

Definitions

  1. To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the...

Ancestry of “uncharnel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcharnelA chapel attached to a mortuary; A repository for...
2Old Frenchcharnelcarnal
3Late Latincarnalegraveyard; nominative neuter singular of...
4Latincarnalisfleshly; carnal
5Latincaroflesh, meat; pulp of a fruit; body
6Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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