Car etymology

English

English word car comes from Gaulish carros (Wagon.), Gaulish karros, Gaulish *karros, Gaulish karró-

Detailed word origin of car

Dictionary entry Language Definition
carros Gaulish (cel-gau) Wagon.
karros Gaulish (cel-gau)
*karros Gaulish (cel-gau)
karró- Gaulish (cel-gau)
carrus Latin (lat) (Medieval) a load, an English unit of weight. A cartload, a wagonload. A wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart.
carra Latin (lat)
carre Anglo-Norman (xno)
carre Middle English (enm)
car English (en) (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.. (rail transport, chiefly, North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.. (uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable [...]

Words with the same origin as car

Descendants of carros

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