English
carniceria
Carniceria comes from Spanish carnicería ‘butchershop’, and goes back to carnicero.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcarnicero‘butcher’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcarnicería‘butchershop’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024carniceria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcarnicero‘butcher’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcarnicería‘butchershop’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024carniceria
Earliest quotation: 2024, Lautaro Grinspan, In steak-mad Argentina, women's work is increasingly butcher: “Women like Diaz are increasingly making their mark in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, share, cross, screen, score, shirt, circle, circuit, cancer, curve, crucial, circus, circulation, skirt, curb, scrutiny, scare, crest, shrine, cancellation, corona, circa, scorpion, scar, shred, shear, raffle, circulate, corolla, shrewd, crux, cirque, scorn, incarceration, circulatory, crepe, carcinoma, corgi, shard, 112 more
through Latin carō ‘flesh, meat of an animal’
card, incarnation, carnage, incarnate, carnal, carnivorous, carnation, carrion, carnivore, 11 more
Today it means
noun A Hispanic butcher shop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish carnicero / carniceria