Etymology

-carp

Today it means: Part of a fruit or fruiting body. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καρπός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαρπός“fruit, grain”
  2. English today-carp

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαρπός all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.