Latin
carmen
‘a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin carmen.
2 English words in this record descend from Latin carmen, most familiar first.
- charm ← charme ← charme
- carminative ← carminātus ← carminō
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Etymograph / Latin carmen