English
kharita
Kharita comes from Arabic خَرِيطَة ‘sheet of skin, a leaf or strip, thin membrane’, from Latin charta ‘papyrus, paper’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- ‘to scratch’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰer-‘to scratch’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχᾰρᾰ́σσωkhărắssō‘to scratch’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχάρτης‘sheet of paper’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcharta‘papyrus, paper’
- Arabicc. 500–presentخَرَطَḵaraṭa‘to peel or strip, to pare, to make sheets (out of bark)’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentخَرِيطَةḵarīṭa‘sheet of skin, a leaf or strip, thin membrane’
- Hindic. 1500–presentख़रीताxarītā
- Englishtodaykharita
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰer-‘to scratch’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχᾰρᾰ́σσωkhărắssō‘to scratch’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχάρτης‘sheet of paper’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcharta‘papyrus, paper’
- Arabicc. 500–presentخَرَطَḵaraṭa‘to peel or strip, to pare, to make sheets (out of bark)’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentخَرِيطَةḵarīṭa‘sheet of skin, a leaf or strip, thin membrane’
- Hindic. 1500–presentख़रीताxarītā
- Englishtodaykharita
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- ‘to scratch’
girl, rocket, chronic, chorus, synchronous, urchin, crony, synchronize, cron, germanium, 31 more
through Ancient Greek χάρτης ‘sheet of paper’
through Latin charta ‘papyrus, paper’
card, chart, cartel, cartridge, carton, carte, cartography, cartouche, 9 more
Today it means
noun A silk bag enclosing a letter to or from a native noble.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- / kharita