Where does “cartón” come from?
cartón (Spanish) comes from Galician carta, from Old Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
cartón (Spanish): cardboard, paperboard; cardboard box
Definitions
- cardboard, paperboard; cardboard box
Ancestry of “cartón”, step by step
cartón traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician carta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | carta | letter, correspondence; playing card;... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | carta | — |
| 3 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 4 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 5 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 6 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 7 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via French carton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carton | cardboard; carton, cardboard box; target |
| 2 | Italian | cartone | cardboard, paperboard; carton, box; cartoon |
| 3 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Spanish carta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | carta | letter; map; menu |