Where does “carne” come from?

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

carne (Romanian): meat; flesh; pulp

Definitions

  1. meat; flesh; pulp

Ancestry of “carne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarnemaccusative singular of carō
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

Words derived from “carne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →