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Where does “carato” come from?

carato (Italian) comes from Arabic قِيرَاط, from Ancient Greek κεράτιον, from Ancient Greek κέρας, from Proto-Hellenic *kérats.

carato (Italian): carat; share; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. carat; share; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “carato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقِيرَاطcarat; husk
2Ancient Greekκεράτιονsmall horn; carat, 1⁄1728 of a pound; a Byzantine...
3Ancient Greekκέραςhorn; horn as a material, or anything made of...
4Proto-Hellenic*kérats—

Words derived from “carato”

  • carat
  • carater
  • caratage
  • multicarat
  • caratista
  • carati
  • 克拉
  • carat
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