Karnavalas

karnavãlas [pranc. carnaval < it. carnevale],
liaudies šventė (dažn. lauke) su eitynėmis, šokiais, vaidinimais, pokštais.

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carnival
1540s, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from Fr. carnaval, from It. carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older It. forms like Milanese *carnelevale, O.Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," lit. "raising flesh," from L. caro "flesh" (see carnage) + levare "lighten, raise;" folk etymology is from M.L. carne vale " 'flesh, farewell.' " Meaning "a circus or fair" is attested by 1931 in North America.

carnage
c.1600, from M.Fr. carnage (16c.), from O.It. carnaggio "slaughter, murder," from M.L. carnaticum "flesh," often "meat supplied by tenants in tribute to a feudal lord," from L. carnaticum "slaughter of animals," from carnem (nom. caro) "flesh," from PIE base *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear(v.)).

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O koks mūsų vaidmuo karnavale?