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Where does “charité” come from?

charité (Old French) comes from Latin cāritās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

charité (Old French): generosity; sense of charity; charitable...

Definitions

  1. generosity; sense of charity; charitable...

Ancestry of “charité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāritās—
2Latin-tās—
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 “charité”

  • charity
  • charitable
  • Charity
  • uncharitable
  • charitably
  • uncharitableness
  • uncharitably
  • noncharitable
  • charitableness
  • uncharity
  • charityware
  • charitarian
  • metacharity
  • anticharity
  • charitablement
  • charitable
  • charité
  • charite
  • charitee
  • charitable
  • Charity
  • Charity
  • charitaïe
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