myEtymology.com: English etymology of card

1. Etymology of the English word card

the English word card

derived from the Old French word carte

derived from the Medieval Latin word charta (paper, papyrus; record)

derived from the Greek word chartes, χάρτης (a sheet ('chart') of writing-material (as to be scribbled over))

Danish kort, Dutch kort, Dutch kaarde, Dutch kaart, Dutch sparen, English spare, English short, English court, French carde, French cardère, French carte, French chardon, French charte, French cour, French court, German kurz, German Kardätsche, German Karde, German Karte, German sparen, Icelandic stuttur, Icelandic spara, Italian cardo, Italian carta, Italian corto, Italian corte, Latin carduus, Lithuanian korta, Norwegian kort, Nynorsk kårte, Polish karta, Portuguese curto, Provençal carta, Provençal cardo, Provençal cort, Riksmal kort, Riksmal stutt, Russian каpтa, Spanish cardo, Spanish carta, Spanish corte, Spanish corto, Spanish carda, Swedish kort, Swedish karda, Yiddish kort, Yiddish shporn

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derived from the English word card

derived from the Old French word carde

derived from the Classical Latin word carduus (thistle; prickly bur, seed-vessel)

Word found in Modern English