Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*kerp-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-, most common first.
- harvestThe process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
- carpAny of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
- carpelA constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.
- regmacarpA fruit which, when mature, splits open to release its seeds; a dehiscent fruit.