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charnel

Meaningcarnal

Common meaning: holding dead bodies

Journey through time

  1. Latincarnalis‘carnal’source
  2. Old Frenchcarnelsource
  3. Middle Englishcharnellesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftscarnal → holding dead bodiescharnel‘holding dead bodies’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin carnalis ‘carnal’.

Roots

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