charnel

charnel · noun, adjective¹

1. Medieval Latin · derived fromcarnārium“charnel”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcharner
3. Latin · derived fromcarnālis
4. Late Latin · derived fromcarnāle“graveyard”
5. Old French · derived fromcharnel
6. Middle English · inherited fromcharnel
7. English todaycharnel

From Middle English charnel, from Old French charnel, carnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”). Displaced Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs.

charnel · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromcardinālis“relating to a hinge”
2. Old French · derived fromcharnel
3. English todaycharnel

From Old French charnel, from Latin cardinālis (“relating to a hinge”); related to French charnière.

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