Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point. · An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩. · An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. · A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“to lack”).
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- Derivation mentioncaretla
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