Origin: Latin suffix -able
Charitable has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
"was charitable in his opinions of others"
"kindly criticism"
"a kindly act"
"sympathetic words"
"a large-hearted mentor"
Pertaining to charity.
"The charitable organization distributed food and clothing to families in need during the winter season."
The word entered English from Old French with the original meaning of being kind or generous toward others. It traveled directly into our language without a significant shift in its core sense of benevolence.