Etymology

carvery

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Today it means: A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts. Full definition →

English carve ← Middle English kerven ← Old English ċeorfan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kerbaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kerban
  4. Old Englishċeorfan
  5. Middle Englishkerven
  6. Englishcarve
  7. English todaycarvery

From carve + -ry.

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