Added 4 October 2026
carven
adjective
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about carven at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
verb
- past participle of carve.
Origin
From Middle English carven, a variant (with the vowel modified to match the present stem) of Middle English corven, y-corven (“carved”), from Old English corfen, ġecorfen (“cut, carved”), from Proto-West Germanic *korban, from Proto-Germanic *kurbanaz (“cut, carved”), past participle of *kerbaną (“to carve”). Equivalent to carve + -en (past participle ending).
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