Carp Definition

Origin of Carp

• New Latin -carpium from Greek -karpion from karpos fruit kerp- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English carpe from Old French carpe from Medieval Latin carpa of Germanic origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic * (karpa).

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English carpen from Old Norse karpa to boast

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old Norse karpa (“to boast”), karp (“bragging”).

  From Wiktionary

• ModL < Gr karpos: see harvest

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition