caritas
Latin
noun
Definitions
- dearness
- costliness, high price
- charity, the attitude of kindness and understanding towards others
- regard, esteem, affection, love
Etymology
Affix 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
- cārus Latin
- carezza Italian
- caro Italian
- caro Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kār- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāros Proto-Indo-European
- Carita Swedish
- kærligr Old Norse
- kærr Old Norse
- cherir Old French
- chier Old French
- car Catalan, Valencian
- caro Old Portuguese
- car Occitan
- *kāros Proto-Italic
- char Romansh
- caru Asturian
- cur Dalmatian
- caro Istriot