Translation
card
Word origin
From French carte, from Latin charta ('a sheet of papyrus'), itself from Greek khartes. English card, chart and charter all come from the same sheet of paper.
- Origin
- French, from Latin charta
- Root
- charta
- English cognates
- card, chart, charter
Examples
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We played cards the whole evening.
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He sent a card to his family from the hotel.
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She showed her card at the door.
One root, many cards: ludkarto a playing card, a postcard, vizitkarto a business card, and landkarto a map - the compound does the specifying. Bare covers whichever the context makes obvious.
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