Where does “carné” come from?

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

carné (Spanish): identity card; driver's licence

Definitions

  1. identity card; driver's licence

Ancestry of “carné”, step by step

carné traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish carne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcarneflesh, meat
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

via French carnet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarnetbooklet, notebook
2Middle Frenchquernetgroup of four sheets

Words derived from “carné”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →