Etymology

Chieri

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Today it means: A comune of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Full definition →

Italian Chieri ← Latin Carreum Potentia ← Ancient Ligurian *Karreum
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  1. Ancient Ligurian · derived from*Karreum
  2. Latin · derived fromCarreum Potentia
  3. Italian · borrowed fromChieri
  4. English todayChieri

From Italian Chieri, from Latin Carreum Potentia, from the Taurini dialect form of Ancient Ligurian *Karreum, from *kar (“stone”), common element found in words like crag.

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