myEtymology.com: English etymology of carnage

Etymology of the English word carnage

the English word carnage

derived from the Old French word carnage

derived from the Old Italian word carnaggio

derived from the Medieval Latin word carnaticum

derived from the Latin word carere (be without, absent from, devoid of; card, comb)

derived from the Latin word caro (meat, flesh; the_body)

derived from the Greek word keiro, κείρω (to shear)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-

derived from the Old French word charnage

The earliest known usage of carnage in English dates from the 16th century.

Word found in Modern English