carus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- dear, beloved
- expensive
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kāros (dear) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (dear), *keh₂- (desire, wish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keh₂-
Gloss
desire, wish
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Charukesi English
- carissimus Latin
- cāritās Latin
- cārus Latin
- percarus Latin
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ro-, *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *kéh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂-mo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- *kā-ro-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- kjær Norwegian Bokmål
- kjærkommen Norwegian Bokmål
- kjærleik Norwegian Bokmål
- caro Portuguese
- *hōraz Proto-Germanic
- *hōrą Proto-Germanic
- *hōrǭ Proto-Germanic
- kjær Norwegian Nynorsk
- kjærkommen Norwegian Nynorsk
- kjærleik Norwegian Nynorsk
- hore Old English
- चारु Sanskrit
- hór Old Norse
- kærr Old Norse
- chier Old French
- chierté Old French
- caro Galician
- kārs Latvian
- Fearchar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- càirdeach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- càirdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dlùth-chairdeas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dlùth-chairdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mì-chàirdeil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- chiaer Norman
- chièr Norman
- ker Norman
- ker, quer, kier Norman
- chier Middle French
- caro Old Portuguese
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- *kareti Proto-Celtic
- *káHmas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kā́ma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kāros Proto-Italic
- *kāta-ka- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎠𐎿𐎱𐎨𐎴𐎠 Old Persian
- 𐎣𐎠𐎶 Old Persian
- aṅkāre Tocharian B
- 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌉 Faliscan