young boy, child · A young worker. · an exploited boy, among 6-14 years approximately, used as a labourer in a sulfur, salt or potash mine, due to their ability to enter narrow shafts of mines.
çekim: çoğul carusi
eş: figghiu & carusa
zıt: patri, matri, ginituri, adurtu, granni
köken: Disputed. Some have sustained a not well explained derivation from Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros, “boy”). More likely it derives from a vulgar readjectivized use of Latin cārus (“dear, beloved; expensive”), from caru (“dear, beloved”) + -usu (-ose, -ous), then substantivized. If this latter is right, compare Irish cara and English whore for similar developments.