English
charper
Charper comes from Italian cercare ‘to look for’, from Late Latin circāre ‘to traverse, go about’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek κίρκος ‘circle, ring’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκίρκοςkírkos‘circle, ring’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirca‘around, near, about’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcircāre‘to traverse, go about’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcercare‘to look for’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015charper
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκίρκοςkírkos‘circle, ring’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcirca‘around, near, about’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcircāre‘to traverse, go about’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcercare‘to look for’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015charper
Earliest quotation: 2015, Adam Lowe, Poem of the week: Vada That: “She’ll cruise an omi with fabulosa bod, / regard…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend’
short, across, cross, screen, score, card, share, cancer, shirt, circuit, crucial, curve, circus, skirt, scare, curb, cancellation, scrutiny, shrine, carnival, crest, scar, corona, shred, raffle, scorpion, shear, corolla, scorn, shrewd, carnage, incarceration, crux, carcinoma, riddance, corgi, ruck, carnal, shrew, scurvy, 113 more
through Ancient Greek κίρκος ‘circle, ring’
circle, circulation, circulate, cirque, circulatory, 10 more
through Latin circa ‘around, near, about’
Today it means
verb To seek; to search.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κίρκος / charper