English
carnin
Carnin comes from Latin carō ‘meat, flesh’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karō‘meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarō‘meat, flesh’
- Englishtodaycarnin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karō‘meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarō‘meat, flesh’
- Englishtodaycarnin
Formed from carō ‘meat, flesh’ + -in
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, cross, share, screen, score, cancer, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, circus, circulation, skirt, curb, crest, cancellation, scrutiny, scare, shrine, corona, scorpion, shred, circa, raffle, circulate, scar, corolla, shear, shrewd, crux, cirque, incarceration, riddance, circulatory, crepe, scorn, corgi, ruck, 114 more
through Latin carō ‘meat, flesh’
card, incarnation, carnage, carrion, incarnate, carnal, carnation, 13 more
Today it means
noun A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / carnin