*kāro-
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*kāro- is a Proto-Indo-European root.
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Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrōn, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (“dear”); cognate with Old Norse hóra (“whore”), hórr (“adulterer”), German Hure (“whore”), Middle High German huore, Old High German huora, Dutch hoer. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin cārus (“dear”) and Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”).
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