Etymograph

English

carminative

Carminative comes from Latin carminātus ‘carded’, from carminō ‘to card, produce by carding’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-mn̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kr̥s-mn̥reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarmen‘a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarminō‘to card, produce by carding’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarminātus‘carded’past participle of carminō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1635carminative

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kr̥s-mn̥reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarmen‘a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarminō‘to card, produce by carding’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarminātus‘carded’past participle of carminō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1635carminative

Earliest quotation: 1635, James Guillimeau [i.e., Of Gripings and Fretting in the Belly, which Trouble Little : “If too much milke be the cauſe, then the…”

Linked words

through Latin carmen ‘a card for freeing wool or flax from the…’

charm

Today it means

adj Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-mn̥ / carminative

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