Cark is a noun meaning “worry” or “trouble.” As a verb, cark means “to cause worry or distress,” as in to have carking doubts. This word derives from a Latin word for “burden,” which also produced charge, as in a “load” to carry, and car, a vehicle that carries. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Cark”
Here’s an interesting word, cark, C-A-R-K.
I thought it was probably some kind of container, but it means worry or trouble, or carking doubts, or something like that.
Any known origin for that?
Yeah, and this will make sense.
It goes all the way back to the same Latin word that gives us charge, meaning to burden, you know, something that you have to carry.
And it’s also related to the word car.
Okay, yes.
It carries you around.
So burden, charge, got it.
Yeah, so you’re carking troubles and anxieties.
Cark.
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