chier
Old French
adj
Definitions
- important, noteworthy
- dear, dearest
- expensive; costly
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cārus (dear, beloved, expensive).
Origin
Latin
cārus
Gloss
dear, beloved, expensive
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
高
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *cāru Latin
- cacāre Latin
- carissimus Latin
- caritas Latin
- carus Latin
- cārus Latin
- percarus Latin
- carezza Italian
- caro Italian
- chier French
- caro Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kār- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāros Proto-Indo-European
- kærligr Old Norse
- kærr Old Norse
- cherir Old French
- chierté Old French
- car Catalan, Valencian
- chiaer Norman
- chièr Norman
- chiéthement Norman
- ker Norman
- ker, quer, kier Norman
- chier Middle French
- caro Old Portuguese
- car Occitan
- *kāros Proto-Italic
- char Romansh
- caru Asturian
- cur Dalmatian
- caro Istriot