myEtymology.com: English etymology of discard

Etymology of the English word discard

the English word discard

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from 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))