Where does “carcel” come from?

carcel (Old Spanish) comes from Latin carcer, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carcel (Old Spanish): prison, jail

Definitions

  1. prison, jail

Ancestry of “carcel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarcerprison, jail; jailbird; traps
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “carcel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin carcer →