Morpheme
Chare
Type
bound base
Denotation
valued, dear, beloved
Etymology
Latin cārus via Old French
Evidence
charitable, charitarian, charitarians, charity, noncharitable, pseudocharitable, uncharitable
Modern Base Analysis
<Charite> denoting charity
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -itarian
from charity (<Chare + -i- + -ty>)
charitarian, charitarians
