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careerist (n.)[careerist 词源字典]: 1917, from career (n.) + -ist.[careerist etymology, careerist origin, 英语词源]
careful (adj.): Old English cearful "mournful, sad," also "full of care or woe; anxious; full of concern" (for someone or something), thus "applying attention, painstaking, circumspect;" from care (n.) + -ful.
carefully (adv.): Old English carful-lice; see careful + -ly (2).
carefulness (n.): Old English carfulnys; see careful + -ness.
caregiver (n.): by 1974, from care (n.) + giver. It has, in many senses, the same meaning as care-taker, which ought to be its antonym.
careless (adj.): Old English carleas "free from anxiety; unconcerned," from care (n.) + -less; a compound probably from Proto-Germanic. Original senses extinct by mid-17c.; main modern meaning "not paying attention, inattentive, not taking due care" is first recorded 1560s (in carelessly).
carelessness (n.): Old English carleasnes; see careless + -ness.
cares (n.): "anxieties," late Old English, from care (n.).
caress (n.): 1640s, "show of endearment, display of regard," from French caresse (16c.), back-formation from caresser or else from Italian carezza "endearment," from caro "dear," from Latin carus "dear, costly, beloved" (see whore (n.)). Meaning "affectionate stroke" attested in English from 1650s.
caress (v.): 1650s, from French caresser, from Italian carezzare "to cherish," from carezza "endearment" (see caress (n.)). Related: Caressed; caressing.
caret (n.): "mark in writing to show where something is to be inserted," 1680s, from Latin caret "there is lacking," 3rd person singular indicative of carere "to lack" (see caste).
careworn (adj.): 1828, from care (n.) + worn.
carfax (n.): see carrefour.
cargo (n.): 1650s, "freight loaded on a ship," from Spanish cargo "burden," from cargar "to load, impose taxes," from Late Latin carricare "to load on a cart" (see charge (v.)). South Pacific cargo cult is from 1949. Cargo pants attested from 1977.
Carib (n.): 1550s, from Spanish Caribe, from Arawakan kalingo or kalino, said to mean "brave ones" or else "strong men." As an adjective by 1881.
Caribbean: from Carib, indigenous people's name for themselves, + -ean.
caribou (n.): also cariboo, 1660s, from Canadian French caribou, from Micmac (Algonquian) kaleboo or a related Algonquian name, literally "pawer, scratcher," from its kicking snow aside to feed on moss and grass.
caricature (v.): 1749, from caricature (n.). Related: Caricatured; caricaturing.
caricature (n.): 1748 (figurative), 1750 (literal), from French caricature (18c.), from Italian caricatura "satirical picture; an exaggeration," literally "an overloading," from caricare "to load; exaggerate," from Vulgar Latin carricare "to load a car" (see charge (v.)). The Italian form had been used in English from 1680s and was common 18c.
caricaturist (n.): 1754, from caricature (n.) + -ist.