Where does “caritate” come from?
caritate (Romanian) comes from French charité, from Old French charité, 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.
caritate (Romanian): charity
Definitions
- charity
Ancestry of “caritate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | charité | charity |
| 2 | Old French | charité | generosity; sense of charity; charitable... |
| 3 | Latin | cāritās | dearness |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |