Where does “caret” come from?
caret (French) comes from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin quā, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.
caret (French): loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
Definitions
- loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
Ancestry of “caret”, step by step
caret traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French car
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 2 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 3 | Latin | quā | where |
| 4 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 5 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 6 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Latin caret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | caret | third-person singular present active indicative... |