Etymograph

English

Garfunkel

Garfunkel comes from Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל ‘carbuncle’, from Latin carbunculus ‘diminutive of carbō: small coal’, and ultimately from carbō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarbō‘coal, charcoal’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarbunculus‘diminutive of carbō: small coal’
  3. Yiddishmodernגאָרפֿינקלgorfinkl‘carbuncle’
  4. EnglishtodayGarfunkel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarbō‘coal, charcoal’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarbunculus‘diminutive of carbō: small coal’
  3. Yiddishmodernגאָרפֿינקלgorfinkl‘carbuncle’
  4. EnglishtodayGarfunkel

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-

hearth, 6 more

through Latin carbō ‘coal, charcoal’

carbon, 6 more

through Latin carbunculus ‘diminutive of carbō: small coal’

carbuncle, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin carbō / Garfunkel

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