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jjnoel (704 words)
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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. :-)
Really? What about the root of char then? Are they related? Signed, Too Lazy to Go Look.
Really? Hmm. I always thought this word sounded creepy. And its root means "flesh."
This word is way too pretty for what it means. Hey reesetee--maybe it should be on your "Worse Than It Sounds" list?