Etymology of the Latin word carminare
the Late Latin word carminare (card; produce by carding; make verses)
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)