charver

The story

1. Spanish · derived fromchabacanada“vulgarity”
2. Spanish · derived fromchava“girl”
3. Romani · derived fromćhavo“child”
4. Italian · derived fromchiavare“to nail, to attach, to fuck”
5. Romani · derived fromcharver“prostitute”
6. English todaycharver

Of uncertain origin; possibly from nineteenth-century Romani charver (“prostitute”), or Italian chiavare (“to nail, to attach, to fuck”), or from Romani ćhavo (“child”) and/or its derivatives, especially Spanish chava (“girl”), or from Spanish chabacanada (“vulgarity”). (Compare charva.)