card

card · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχάρτης“paper, papyrus”
2. Latin · derived fromcharta
3. Old French · derived fromcarte
4. Middle English · inherited fromcarde“playing card”
5. English todaycard

From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carte and chart.

card · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)ker-“to cut”
2. Latin · derived fromcarō“to comb with a card”
3. Late Latin · derived from*carito
4. Old Occitan · derived fromcarda
5. Old French · derived fromcarde
6. Middle English · inherited fromcarde
7. English todaycard

From Middle English carde, Old French carde, from Old Occitan carda, deverbal from cardar, from Late Latin *carito, from Latin carō (“to comb with a card”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

card · verb³

1. Old French · derived fromcarder
2. Middle English · inherited fromcarden
3. English todaycard

From Middle English carden, from Old French carder, from carde (“cotton card”); see Etymology 2 for more.

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