Wordie: Charnel: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:50:38 +0000

It's related to carnal (charnel, that is). Char is pretty interesting, from what I can find. Each meaning of the word has a different derivation. "Char" meaning "to burn" comes, not surprisingly, from charcoal. "Char" the fish and "char" as in charwoman comes from Old English ceorra, "turner," derived from ceorran "to turn." And "char" as in the British informal word for tea (really? I've never heard this before) is from the Hindi cā, which means, of course, "tea."

I guess I should have put all of this on the char page. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:34:38 +0000

Really? What about the root of char then? Are they related? Signed, Too Lazy to Go Look.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:16:04 +0000

Really? Hmm. I always thought this word sounded creepy. And its root means "flesh."

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:49:12 +0000

This word is way too pretty for what it means. Hey reesetee--maybe it should be on your "Worse Than It Sounds" list?