Where does “चित्रकारी” come from?
चित्रकारी (Hindi) comes from Hindi चित्रकार, from Hindi कार, from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros — to run.
चित्रकारी (Hindi): painting; art; decoration
Definitions
- painting; art; decoration
Ancestry of “चित्रकारी”, step by step
चित्रकारी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi चित्रकार
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | चित्रकार | artist, painter |
| 2 | Hindi | कार | tax; action, doing; work |
| 3 | English | car | A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with... |
| 4 | Middle English | carre | cart, wagon |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | carre | cart |
| 6 | Latin | carra | — |
| 7 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 8 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
via Hindi ई
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | ई | the fourth vowel in Hindi |