Where does “carmen” come from?

carmen (Spanish) comes from Latin carmen, from Proto-Indo-European kan- — to sing; hemp.

carmen (Spanish): A type of house in Granada

Definitions

  1. A type of house in Granada

Ancestry of “carmen”, step by step

carmen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin carmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarmensong, tune
2Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp

via Hebrew כַּרְמֶל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכַּרְמֶלfertile land

via Arabic كَرْم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَرْمorchard; vines; vineyard

Words derived from “carmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kan- →Every word from Latin carmen →