cara
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈkɑɾˠə/, /ˈkaɾˠə/
noun
Definitions
- friend
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish cara (friend, relation) inherited from Old Irish carae (friend, relation) inherited from Proto-Celtic *karants (friend) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (dear).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kāro-
Gloss
dear
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cara English
- anticharity English
- charitarian English
- charity English
- charityware English
- discharity English
- metacharity English
- uncharity English
- *cāru Latin
- caritas Latin
- caritas, cāritātis, cāritās Latin
- cārus Latin
- cara Italian
- carezza Italian
- caro Italian
- caro Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kéh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *kār- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāros Proto-Indo-European
- *hōrǭ Proto-Germanic
- charite Middle English
- anam Irish
- anamchara Irish
- banchara Irish
- cairdiúil Irish
- cairdiúlacht Irish
- daonchairdiúil Irish
- neaschara Irish
- kærligr Old Norse
- kærr Old Norse
- cherir Old French
- chier Old French
- car Catalan, Valencian
- Canzobre Galician
- anmcharae Old Irish
- carae Old Irish
- caratrad Old Irish
- caraid Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- càirdeach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- càirdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ard-charrey Manx
- caarjagh Manx
- caarjys Manx
- carrey Manx
- cochaarjagh Manx
- neuchaarjagh Manx
- neucharrey Manx
- caro Old Portuguese
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- car Occitan
- *kāros Proto-Italic
- char Romansh
- caru Asturian
- anmcharae Middle Irish
- cairdemail Middle Irish
- cara Middle Irish
- occoras Middle Irish
- cur Dalmatian
- *kar Proto-Brythonic
- caro Istriot