Where does “chartra” come from?
chartra (Swedish) comes from Swedish charter, from English charter, from Middle English charter, from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
chartra (Swedish): to charter (a vehicle)
Definitions
- to charter (a vehicle)
Ancestry of “chartra”, step by step
chartra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish charter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | charter | charter trip |
| 2 | English | charter | A document issued by some authority, creating a... |
| 3 | Middle English | charter | — |
| 4 | Old French | chartre | charter; covenant; written agreement; record;... |
| 5 | Latin | chartula | Diminutive of charta a little paper; memorandum |
| 6 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 7 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 8 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 9 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 10 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |