Etymology of the French word carnage
the Old French word
carnagederived from the Old Italian word
carnaggioderived from the Medieval Latin word
carnaticumderived 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
charnageDate
The earliest known usage of carnage in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
carnage, Romanian
carnajCognates
Italian
carnaggio, Portuguese
carnagem, Provençal
carnatge, Spanish
carnageUsage
Word found in Old French
