chartula

English

Etymology

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

Noun

chartula (plural chartulae)

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

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Latin

Etymology

charta +‎ -ula

Noun

chartula f (genitive chartulae); first declension

1. Diminutive of charta a little paper; memorandum

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chartula	chartulae
Genitive	chartulae	chartulārum
Dative	chartulae	chartulīs
Accusative	chartulam	chartulās
Ablative	chartulā	chartulīs
Vocative	chartula	chartulae

Derived terms

• chartulārius

Descendants

• Old French: chartre, carte, charte, chautre
  • Middle French: chartre, charte
    • French: charte
      • → Romanian: cartă
    • → English: chart
      • → Japanese: チャート (chāto)
      • → Korean: 차트 (chateu)
    • → Scots: chairt
  • Walloon: cwåte
  • → Middle English: chartre, charter
    • Scots: chairter
    • English: charter (see there for further descendants)

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• chartula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• chartula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016