Where does “carvel” come from?

carvel (Middle English) comes from Old French caruelle, from Old Occitan caravela, from Old Portuguese cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Ancestry of “carvel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcaruelle
2Old Occitancaravela
3Old Portuguesecáravo
4Latincarabuscrab, crayfish; kind of ship
5Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Words derived from “carvel

Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβοςEvery word from Latin carabusEvery word from Old Portuguese cáravo