carota Latin · revision 4545

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=Apicius|origins=grc καρωτόν}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kaˈroː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kaˈrɔː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''carōta''' ''f'' (genitive carōtae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|καρωτόν|tr=karōtón|t=carrot]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(DMLBS) Wiktionary calls the Greek a diminutive of [[m|grc|καρώ|tr=karṓ|t=caraway]], perhaps from [[m|grc|κάρα|tr=kára|t=head]] or Pre-Greek, and relates [[carum|alt=carum]] “caraway”.^(Wiktionary) Etymonline suggests the PIE root [[ine-pro|*ker-|t=horn; head]], from the horn-like shape.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Apicius, in his cookery book, gives recipes for carrots.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Apicius to the 4th century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the carrot, a late word found in Apicius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler also records it in the capitularies.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ In medieval Latin it was the carrot, identified with the wild ''daucus'' or ''pastinaca''.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) Its descendants include [[it|carota]] and [[ro|carotă]].^(Wiktionary) [[en|carrot]] is recorded around 1500 through French ''carotte''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4th century AD – Apicius gives recipes for carrots.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English ''carrot'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|carrot]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|carrot]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is distinct from ''caryōta'', a kind of date, borrowed from Greek and used by Varro and Pliny.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}