English
caritative
Caritative comes from Latin cāritās ‘dearness’, from cārus ‘dear, expensive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- ‘to desire’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂-‘to desire’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kéh₂rosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kāros‘dear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcārus‘dear, expensive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāritās‘dearness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004caritative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂-‘to desire’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kéh₂rosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kāros‘dear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcārus‘dear, expensive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcāritās‘dearness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004caritative
Earliest quotation: 2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia: “Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- ‘to desire’
cherish, kama, whorehouse, 3 more
through Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros
through Latin cārus ‘dear, expensive’
through Latin cāritās ‘dearness’
Today it means
adj charitable
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- / caritative