overwordExplorer
LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

caritas.

charity; love, affection, esteem, favor; dearness; high price;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkaː.rɪ.taːs]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.ri.tas]
  1. dearness

    declension-3
  2. costliness, high price

    declension-3
  3. charity, love, attitude of kindness

    declension-3 · especially
  4. regard, esteem, affection, love

    declension-3
  5. lack of something, deficiency, dearth

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *kāros Latin cārus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin cāritās From cārus (“dear, expensive”) + -tās.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

caritas has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

caritas studiocaritas workshello, caritas

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.