Etymology Dictionary

CARE,  anxiety, heedfulness.  (E.)   M.E. care, Layamon, iii. 145.   The usual sense is 'anxiety, sorrow.'—A.S. caru, cearu, sorrow, care, Grein, i. 158. + O. Sax. kara, sorrow; karón, to sorrow, lament. + Icel. kæri, complaint, murmur; kæra, to complain, murmur. + Goth. kara, sorrow; karón, to sorrow. + O.H.G. chara, lament; O.H.G. charón, to lament; M.H.G. karn, to lament.   β. Shorter forms appear in Icel. kurr, a murmur, uproar; O.H.G. queran, to sigh.   Cf. Gk. γῆρυς, speech, γηρύω, I speak, sound.—✔GAR, to call.   See Call.   See Fick, iii. 42; Curtius, i. 217.   Der. care-ful, care-ful-ly, care-ful-ness, care-less, care-less-ly, care-less-ness; also char-y, q.v.   ¶ Wholly unconnected with Lat. cura, with which it is often confounded.