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English word charity comes from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂-, Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, Proto-Indo-European *kār-, Ancient Greek (to 1453) χαῖρε, and later Proto-Italic *kāros (Dear.)
*kenh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kāro- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kār- (Proto-Indo-European)
χαῖρε (Ancient Greek)
*kāros (Proto-Italic)
Dear.
χάρις (Ancient Greek)
carus (Latin)
Dear, beloved. Expensive.
caritas (Latin)
Charity, the attitude of kindness and understanding towards others. Costliness. Dearness. Price.
carité (Old French)
charite (Middle English)
charity (English)
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.. (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.. (obsolete) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.. (uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.. In general, an [...]