The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκάροινον
- Latin · borrowed fromcarēnum
- English todaycarenum
From Latin carēnum or caroenum, from Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon), q.v.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
carenum
Today it means: A reduction of must or sweet wine produced by boiling it in large kettles until it was reduced by half or two-thirds in volume. Full definition →
Latin carēnum ← Ancient Greek κάροινον