Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “carnevale” come from?

carnevale (Italian) comes from Latin carnem levāre.

carnevale (Italian): carnival; festival in the week before Lent

Definitions

  1. carnival; festival in the week before Lent

Ancestry of “carnevale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarnem levāre—

Words derived from “carnevale”

  • carnival
  • carnivalesque
  • carnaval
  • carnivalistic
  • carnivallike
  • noncarnival
  • carnivalic
  • carnavalesco
  • carnavalear
  • carnaval
  • carnavaleux
  • carnavalier
  • carnavaliser
  • carnaval
  • carnavalesque
  • Karneval
  • carnaval
  • carnaval
  • carnaval
  • karnabal
Every word from Latin carnem levāre →