Feminine

charité

charity

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃa.ʁi.te/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French charité, carité, borrowing from or francization of Latin cāritātem (“love, regard”), from cārus (“dear”) (whence French cher), from Proto-Italic *kāros (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-. Doublet of cherté.

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