Etymology of the English word caravel
the English word
caravelderived from the Old French word
caravellederived from the Old word
Portuguese caraveladerived from the Portuguese word
cáravoderived from the Late Latin word
carabus (crustacean, crayfish; sea crab; scarabe; coleopteron, beetle)
derived from the Late Greek word
karabos, κάραβος
derived from the Portuguese word
caravelausing the Portuguese suffix
-eladerived from the Portuguese word
cáravoderived from the Late Latin word
carabus (crustacean, crayfish; sea crab; scarabe; coleopteron, beetle)
derived from the Late Greek word
karabos, κάραβος
Date
The earliest known usage of caravel in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
karveel, French
calville, French
caravelle, German
Karavelle, Italian
caravella, Norwegian
karavellUsage
Word found in Modern English
