The story
- Latin · derived fromcarnis“flesh”
- Latin · derived fromcarnificare
- English todaycarnify
From Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis (“flesh”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French carnifier.
Words from the same roots
Latincarnis all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.