Where does “carēna” come from?
carēna (Latin) comes from Late Latin quadragēna, from Latin quadrāgēnus, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Ancestry of “carēna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | quadragēna | — |
| 2 | Latin | quadrāgēnus | forty each; forty at a time |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |