1: Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from carda ‘teasel’ or ‘carder’ (derived from cardar from Latin cardus ‘thistle’) hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who carded (disentangled) wool the dried heads of [...]
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What is the origin of the name Carda?
1: Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from carda ‘teasel’ or ‘carder’ (derived from cardar from Latin cardus ‘thistle’) hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who carded (disentangled) wool the dried heads of [...]