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-1‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karō1‘meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarō2‘meat, flesh’
- Englishtodaycarnin2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin caro
- 2 Wiktionary, English carnin
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Latin caro‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*karōWiktionary, Latin caro‘meat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarōWiktionary, English carnin‘meat, flesh’
- EnglishtodaycarninWiktionary, English carnin
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, 113 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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “carnin”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin caro. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / carnin