Where does “carne” come from?

carne (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese carne, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

carne (Portuguese): flesh; meat; pulp; flesh

Definitions

  1. flesh; meat; pulp; flesh

Ancestry of “carne”, step by step

carne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese carne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecarnemeat
2Latincarōflesh, meat of an animal
3Proto-Italickarōpiece, portion; meat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via French carnet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarnetbooklet, notebook
2Middle Frenchquernetgroup of four sheets

Words derived from “carne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →