chardon

French

noun

Definitions

(botany) thistle
(in the plural) spikes (on wall etc.)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *cardō, carduus (thistle, wild thistle, artichoke, thristle).

Origin

Latin

carduus

Gloss

thistle, wild thistle, artichoke, thristle

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*cardinus Latin
*cardō Latin
Cardonnacum Latin
cardo Latin
cardon Latin
carduetum Latin
carduus Latin
cardō Latin
carlina Latin
cardo Italian
carde French
chardon béni French
cardo Spanish, Castilian
*kars- Proto-Indo-European
cardo Portuguese
card Catalan, Valencian
cardar Galician
cardo Galician
karta Old High German
cardoun Occitan