Etymology of the English word carrion
the English word
carrionderived from the Anglo-French word
caroinederived from the Latin word
carere (be without, absent from, devoid of; card, comb)
derived from the Anglo-Norman word
careinederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*caroniaderived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of carrion in English dates from the 13th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
