Where does “carterista” come from?
carterista (Spanish) comes from Catalan cartera, from Catalan 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.
carterista (Spanish): a pickpocket
Definitions
- a pickpocket
Ancestry of “carterista”, step by step
carterista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan cartera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cartera | wallet |
| 2 | Catalan | carta | letter, card; menu |
| 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 |