care
care - noun
- Suffering of mind : grief
- A disquieted state of mixed uncertainty, apprehension, and responsibility
- A cause for such anxiety
- Painstaking or watchful attention
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"oppressed by sickness, grief, or care"
SpellingJoy score for care
SpellingJoy Gematria
📚 Apprentice
84
Letter Values
C
6
A
1
R
19
E
8
Etymology
Middle English, "sorrow, distress, concern," going back to Old English cearu, caru, going back to Germanic *karō (whence also Old Saxon kara "sorrow, worry," Old High German chara, Old Norse kǫr "sickbed," Gothic kara "concern") perhaps going back to an Indo-European base *ǵehr-, *ǵhr- "make a sound, cry," whence Old Irish ad-gair "(s/he) accuses, sues," Middle Irish gáir "shout, cry," Welsh gawr, Greek gêrys "voice, speech," Middle Persian zryg, zryq "sorrow, suffering," Ossetic (Iron dialect) zæl- "make a sound," zar- "sing"