Where does “char” come from?

char (Old French) comes from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

char (Old French): flesh; meat; cart

Definitions

  1. flesh; meat; cart

Ancestry of “char”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
2Gaulishkarroswagon
3Proto-Celtickarroswagon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “char”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós →Every word from Proto-Celtic karros →