ENGLISH ROOT WORD: care from Old English carian, cearian, caru, cearu

【care】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "care"
from Old English "carian, cearian, caru, cearu"from PIE *gar- "cry out, call, scream"

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[WORD ROOT]root care
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] care
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) carian, cearian, caru, cearu
[MEANING]root care

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 carian [=cearu] be anxious or solicitous; grieve; feel concern or interest
• 【Old English】 cearian be anxious or solicitous; grieve; feel concern or interest
• 【Old English】 caru [=cearu] sorrow, anxiety, grief
• 【Old English】 cearu sorrow, anxiety, grief

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

care, careful, carefully, careless, carer, caring

 

 

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

care [noun] from care
【DEFINITION】 You can say `Take care' when saying goodbye to someone.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 sorrow, anxiety, grief
【pl.】 cares
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, careless, carelessly, carelessness, care, carefully
【ROOTs】 care; care

careful [adjective] from care
【DEFINITION】 If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, careless, care, carefully
【SYNONYM】 safe
【ANTONYM】 careless
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ ful; adjective suffix

carefully [adverb] from care
【DEFINITION】 careful + ly
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, care, carefully
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ ful; adjective suffix ⑶ ly; adverb suffix

careless [adjective] from care
【DEFINITION】 If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, careless, carelessly, carelessness, care
【SYNONYM】 casual, lax
【ANTONYM】 careful
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ less; adjective suffix

carer [noun] from care
【DEFINITION】 A carer is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who is disabled, ill, or very young.
【pl.】 carers
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ er; suffix

caring [adjective] from care
【DEFINITION】 If someone is caring, they are affectionate, helpful, and sympathetic.
【DERIVATIVEs】 caringly, caring
【ANTONYM】 uncaring
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ ing; adjective suffix

 

 

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

car
capt-, ceive-, cept-
cardio-
caps
cant-, cent-
cap
cane
cand-, cend-
camp
calli-, calo-, cal, kal-

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: car from Latin carrus, carra, carrum, carricare

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