| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | ker-3 |
| DEFINITION: | Heat, fire. 1. Suffixed form *ker-t -. hearth, from Old English heorth, hearth, from Germanic *herth . 2. Zero-grade form *k -. a. carbon, carbuncle, from Latin carb, charcoal, ember; b. extended form *krem-. cremate, from Latin cremre, to burn. 3. Possibly suffixed and extended form *ker -mo-. ceramic, from Greek keramos, potter's clay, earthenware. 4. Possibly variant extended form *krs-. crash2, from Russian krasit', to color. (Pokorny 3. ker()- 571.) |
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