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English word career comes from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, Gaulish carros (Wagon.)
*kr̥s-o- (Proto-Indo-European)
carros (Gaulish)
Wagon.
*karros (Proto-Celtic)
Wagon.
karros (Gaulish)
*karros (Gaulish)
karró- (Gaulish)
carrus (Latin)
(Medieval) a load, an English unit of weight. A cartload, a wagonload. A wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart.
carraria (Latin)
A wide road for vehicles; a path for carts ; the descendants have the meaning ”path, footpath”.
carrāria (Late Latin)
carreira (Old Provençal)
carriera (Italian)
Career.
carrière (French)
Quarry (originally) racecourse. Career.
career (English)
(archaic) speed. (falconry) The flight of a hawk.. (obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.. (obsolete) A short gallop of a horse. [16th-18th c.]. A jouster's path during a joust.. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.. One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession. To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.