Where does “carvi” come from?
carvi (Old French) comes from Arabic كَرَاوِيَّا, from Ancient Greek καρώ, from Ancient Greek κάρη — Homeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ.
Ancestry of “carvi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كَرَاوِيَّا | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | καρώ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάρη | Homeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ |