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

  1. carrot

Ancestry of “karette”, step by step

karette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Caretta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCarettagenus
2Frenchcaretloggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
3Frenchcaras, since, because, for; a single-decked...
4Latinquareby what means, how; from what cause, on what...
5Latinrēsthing, object, stuff
6Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
7Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
8Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
9Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
10Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
11Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
12Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
13Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
15Latincalceusshoe
16Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
17Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Middle French carotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcarottecarrot
2Latincarōtacarrot
3Ancient Greekκαρωτόνcarrot
4Ancient Greekκαρώcaraway (Carum carvi)
5Ancient GreekκάρηHomeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ

Words derived from “karette

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-