chartula

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chartula (“little paper”). Doublet of charter.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːrtʃələ/

Noun

chartula (plural chartulae)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A small piece of paper for the storage of one dose of a medicinal powder.

Related terms

• cartulary
• chart

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekbor.?

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek χαράκ-ι̯ω (kharák-i̯ō)?

Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰ́σσω (khărắssō)?

Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤈𐤉𐤕 (ḥrṭyt)der.?

Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor.

Latin charta

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Latin chartula

From charta + -ula.

Noun

chartula f (genitive chartulae); first declension

1. (diminutive of charta) a little paper; memorandum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chartula	chartulae
genitive	chartulae	chartulārum
dative	chartulae	chartulīs
accusative	chartulam	chartulās
ablative	chartulā	chartulīs
vocative	chartula	chartulae

Derived terms

• chartulārius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cartola, ⇒ cartolina (see there for further descendants)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: chartre, chautre (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → English: chartula

References

• “chartula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “chartula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "chartula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “chartula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• chartula in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016