Etymology

carven

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Today it means: Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done. Full definition →

Middle English carven ← Old English corfen ← Proto-West Germanic *korban
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kurbanaz“cut, carved”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*korban
  3. Old English · inherited fromcorfen
  4. Middle English · inherited fromcarven
  5. English todaycarven

From Middle English carven, a variant (with the vowel modified to match the present stem) of Middle English corven, y-corven (“carved”), from Old English corfen, ġecorfen (“cut, carved”), from Proto-West Germanic *korban, from Proto-Germanic *kurbanaz (“cut, carved”), past participle of *kerbaną (“to carve”). Equivalent to carve + -en (past participle ending).

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