Where does “carpe” come from?

carpe (Spanish) comes from Occitan carpe, from Latin carpinus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er-.

carpe (Spanish): hornbeam

Definitions

  1. hornbeam

Ancestry of “carpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitancarpe—
2LatincarpinusHornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of...
3Proto-Indo-European*kh₂er-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- →Every word from Latin carpinus →Every word from Occitan carpe →