Where does “karette” come from?
karette (Middle English) comes from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
karette (Middle English): carrot
Definitions
- carrot
Ancestry of “karette”, step by step
karette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Caretta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Caretta | genus |
| 2 | French | caret | loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel |
| 3 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 4 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |