Etymology

carte

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Today it means: A bill of fare; a menu. Full definition →

French carte ← Latin charta
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcharta
  2. French · borrowed fromcarte
  3. English todaycarte

Borrowed from French carte, from Latin charta. Doublet of card and chart.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcarte all →

carto-

Latincharta all →

cardchartcartelcartouche

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.