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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarmensong, tune; poem, poetry , verse; incantation,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp

Words derived from “carmen”

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