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Where does “carpere” come from?

carpere (Latin) comes from Latin carpo, from Proto-Italic karpō, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carpere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “carpere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincarpoI pluck, pick, harvest; I tear off, tear out,...
2Proto-Italickarpō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “carpere”

  • carpet
  • excerpt
  • carpetbag
  • carpetbagger
  • carpetless
  • recarpet
  • carpetlike
  • excerptor
  • carpetmaking
  • carpetmaker
  • carpetsweeper
  • discerpible
  • carpetbaggery
  • carpetbeater
  • carpetway
  • excerp
  • discerp
  • carpetlayer
  • decerp
  • carpetable
  • carpetmonger
  • nanocarpet
  • decerpt
  • carpetward
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