Where does “carpite” come from?

carpite (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.

carpite (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “carpite”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerp- →Every word from Proto-Italic karpō →