Etymology

écarté

Today it means: A card game in which one can discard certain cards from one's hand and replace them with cards from the deck. Full definition →

French écarté
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  1. French · borrowed fromécarté
  2. French · borrowed fromécarté
  3. English todayécarté

Borrowed from French écarté (“discarded”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchécarté all →

ecarte

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.