Where does “chartre” come from?
chartre (Old French) comes from Latin chartula, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
chartre (Old French): charter; covenant; written agreement; record;...
Definitions
- charter; covenant; written agreement; record;...
Ancestry of “chartre”, step by step
chartre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin chartula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | chartula | Diminutive of charta a little paper; memorandum |
| 2 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 3 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 4 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 5 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 6 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |