| 【care】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "carian," "cearian," "caru," and "cearu." It carries the basic meaning of "care," and "be anxious." from PIE *gar- "cry out, call, scream" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "care"]
care ****[484] You can say `Take care'' when saying goodbye to someone.
careful ****[1484] 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.
carefully ****[1190] careful + ly
careless **[4145] 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.
[WORD ROOT]root care
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] car, care
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) carian, cearian, caru, cearu
[MEANING]root care, be anxious
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【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
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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care ★★★★[484] noun from care
【DEFINITION】 You can say `Take care' when saying goodbye to someone.
【pl.】 cares
【ROOTs】 care; care
【Etymology】 《Old English cearian》 be anxious or solicitous; grieve; feel concern or interest
【First Known Meaning】 sorrow, anxiety, grief
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, careless, carelessly, carelessness, care, carefully
careful ★★★★[1484] 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.
【SYNONYM】 safe
【ANTONYM】 careless
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ ful; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English cearian》 be anxious or solicitous; grieve; feel concern or interest
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, careless, care, carefully
carefully ★★★★[1190] adverb from care
【DEFINITION】 careful + ly
【COMPOSITION】 careful + ly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ ful; adjective suffix ⑶ ly; adverb suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English cearian》 be anxious or solicitous; grieve; feel concern or interest
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, care, carefully
careless ★★[4145] 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.
【SYNONYM】 casual, lax
【ANTONYM】 careful
【COMPOSITION】 care + less
【ROOTs】 ⑴ care; care ⑵ less; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English cearian》 be anxious or solicitous; grieve; feel concern or interest
【DERIVATIVEs】 careful, careless, carelessly, carelessness, care
Other words containing "care"; carelessly, carelessness, carer, caring, Medicare
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
car
capt-, ceive-, cept-
caps
cap
cant-, cent-
cane
camp
call
cal-, calend-, class-
cad-, cas-, cid-
