Etymology

charter

char·ter
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Today it means: A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. Full definition →

Middle English charter ← Old French chartre ← Latin chartula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromchartula
  2. Old French · derived fromchartre
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcharter
  4. English todaycharter

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

Words from the same roots

Latinchartula all →

chartula

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.