Etymology of the French word carte
the Old French word
cartederived 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))
Date
The earliest known usage of carte in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
encarter,
cartographie,
carter,
carterie,
cartier,
carte-lettre,
carte-vue,
multicarte,
orthophotocarte,
photocarte,
porte-carte,
télécarte,
cartomancie,
cartée,
carte-télégramme,
perce-carteDerivations in other languages
English
cartophily, English
cardCognates
Danish
kort, Dutch
kort, Dutch
kaarde, Dutch
kaart, Dutch
sparen, English
spare, English
short, English
court, English
card, French
carde, French
cardère, French
chardon, French
charte, French
cour, French
court, German
kurz, German
Kardätsche, German
Karde, German
Karte, German
sparen, Icelandic
stuttur, Icelandic
spara, Italian
cardo, Italian
carta, Italian
corto, Italian
corte, Latin
carduus, Lithuanian
korta, Norwegian
kort, Nynorsk
kårte, Polish
karta, Portuguese
curto, Provençal
carta, Provençal
cardo, Provençal
cort, Riksmal
kort, Riksmal
stutt, Russian
каpтa, Spanish
cardo, Spanish
carta, Spanish
corte, Spanish
corto, Spanish
carda, Swedish
kort, Swedish
karda, Yiddish
kort, Yiddish
shpornUsage
Word found in Old French
