Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryClose attention; concern; responsibility. · Worry. · Maintenance, upkeep. · The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Middle English care English care From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with Old Saxon cara, kara (“concern, action”), Middle High German kar (“sorrow, lamentation”), Icelandic kör (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara, “concern, care”). Related also to Dutch karig (“scanty”), German karg (“sparse, meagre, barren”), Latin garriō, Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus). See also chary.
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- Inherited-form mentioncareenm
- Inherited-form mentioncaruang
- Inherited-form mention*karugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*karōgem-pro · care, sorrow, cry
- Derivation mention*ǵeh₂r-ine-pro · shout, call
- Cognate mentioncaraosx
- Cognate mentionkargmh · sorrow, lamentation
- Cognate mentionköris · sickbed
- Cognate mention𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰got · concern, care
- Cognate mentionkarignl · scanty
- Cognate mentionkargde · sparse, meagre, barren
- Cognate mentiongarriōla
- Cognate mentionγῆρυςgrc
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