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