English
caries
Caries comes from Latin cariēs ‘decay, rot, rottenness, corruption’, from careō ‘to lack, be without., to be deprived of’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kazēō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kazēō‘to lack’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcareō‘to lack, be without., to be deprived of’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcariēs‘decay, rot, rottenness, corruption’
- Englishtodaycaries
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kazēō‘to lack’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcareō‘to lack, be without., to be deprived of’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcariēs‘decay, rot, rottenness, corruption’
- Englishtodaycaries
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- ‘to cut’
castle, caste, chastity, château, chaste, chastise, castrate, cashel, 23 more
through Latin careō ‘to lack, be without., to be deprived of’
Today it means
noun The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kazēō / caries