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English word caricature comes from Latin carrus, Latin -ico, Italian -tura, and later Latin carrico (I charge (a weapon etc.). I load.)
carrus (Latin)
(Medieval) a load, an English unit of weight. A cartload, a wagonload. A wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart.
-ico (Latin)
Forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes with frequentative meaning.
-tura (Italian)
-ing, -tion, -ure (Used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs).
carricare (Late Latin)
carrico (Latin)
I charge (a weapon etc.). I load.
caricare (Italian)
(transitive) to charge, attack. (transitive) to emphasize, overdo. (transitive) to load, to stow. (transitive) to take aboard, hoist, pick up. (transitive) to wind, wind up (of a watch, game, etc.). (transitive, computing) to load (up) (of a program). (transitive, computing) to upload. (transitive, electricity) to charge. (transitive, figuratively) to rouse, fire, pep up.
caricatura (Italian)
Caricature.
caricature (French)
Caricature.
caricature (English)
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner. A grotesque misrepresentation.. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.