Etymology

cartouche

car·touche
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Today it means: An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield. Full definition →

French cartouche ← Italian cartuccia ← Latin charta
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχάρτης
  2. Latin · derived fromcharta
  3. Italian · derived fromcartuccia
  4. French · borrowed fromcartouche
  5. English todaycartouche

Borrowed from French cartouche, from Italian cartuccia, from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of cartridge.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcartouche all →

cartridge

Latincharta all →

cardchartcartecartel

Ancient Greekχάρτης all →

cardchartcartooncartography

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.