Where does “cari” come from?

cari (Spanish) comes from Tagalog kari, from English curry, from Middle English currayen, from Old French correer, from Vulgar Latin conredare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin.

cari (Spanish): darling, dear, lover

Definitions

  1. darling, dear, lover

Ancestry of “cari”, step by step

cari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkaricurry
2EnglishcurryOne of a family of dishes originating from South...
3Middle Englishcurrayen
4Old FrenchcorreerTo prepare
5Vulgar Latinconredare
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via Spanish Cariño

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishCariñoderiving from the municipality
2GalicianCariñoderiving from the municipality

Words derived from “cari

Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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