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