Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker"). · A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.
From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionchareenm
- Inherited-form mentionċierrang
- Inherited-form mention*karzijanągem-pro · to turn, sweep
- Derivation mention*gers-ine-pro · to turn, bend
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