Etymology of the English word carnation
the English word
carnationderived from the French word
carnationderived from the Italian word
carnagionederived from the Italian word
carnederived 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 Late Latin word
carnatio (fleshiness, bulk, corpulence)
derived from the Latin word
carnatus (fleshy, fat, corpulent)
Date
The earliest known usage of carnation in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
