Where does “karoti” come from?
karoti (Swahili) comes from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio — shoe.
karoti (Swahili): carrot
Definitions
- carrot
Ancestry of “karoti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carrot | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root... |
| 2 | Middle English | karette | carrot |
| 3 | Translingual | Caretta | genus |
| 4 | French | caret | loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel |
| 5 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 6 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 7 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 8 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 9 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 10 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 11 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 12 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 13 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 14 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 15 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |