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Etymology of the Latin word caruncle

the Latin word caruncle
derived from the Latin word caruncula (little piece of flesh; piece of tissue, fleshy growth)
derived 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-

Derivations in other languages

English caruncle



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