Etymology of the English word charm
the English word charm
derived from the Old French word charme
derived from the Latin word carpinus
derived from the Late Latin word carmen (card for wool, flax; song, music; poem)
derived from the Latin word canere (be, become covered in white; be hoary; sing, celebrate, chant)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kan-
derived from the Latin word carere (be without, absent from, devoid of; card, comb)