Career etymology

English

English word career comes from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, Gaulish carros (Wagon.)

Detailed word origin of career

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*kr̥s-o- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
carros Gaulish (cel-gau) Wagon.
*karros Proto-Celtic (cel-pro) 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.
carraria Latin (lat) A wide road for vehicles; a path for carts ; the descendants have the meaning ”path, footpath”.
carrāria Late Latin (LL)
carreira Old Provençal (to 1500) (pro)
carriera Italian (it) Career.
carrière French (fr) Quarry (originally) racecourse. Career.
career English (en) (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.

Words with the same origin as career

Descendants of *kr̥s-o-

car cargo carousel miscarriage