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Where does “cariteit” come from?

cariteit (Old French) comes from Latin caritas, from Latin -tas, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “cariteit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaritasdearness; costliness, high price; charity, the...
2Latin-tas-ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Third-declension...
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “cariteit”

  • charity
  • Charity
  • uncharity
  • charityware
  • anticharity
  • charitarian
  • metacharity
  • charite
  • Charity
  • Charity
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