English word car comes from Gaulish carros (Wagon.), Gaulish karros, Gaulish *karros, Gaulish karró-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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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 [...] |