
English word carousel comes from Gaulish carros (Wagon.), Gaulish karros, Gaulish *karros, Gaulish karró-, Old French -ment, Old French tornoier
carros (Gaulish)
Wagon.
karros (Gaulish)
*karros (Gaulish)
karró- (Gaulish)
-ment (Old French)
Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment. Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly.
tornoier (Old French)
tornoiement (Old French)
Tournament; an event composed of a series Medieval games used to train knights.
carrus (Latin)
(Medieval) a load, an English unit of weight. A cartload, a wagonload. A wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart.
carro (Italian)
A means of transport used to carry goods; a wagon, cart, van, lorry, wain or truck.
carosello (Italian)
Merry-go-round (British), carousel (US).
tournament (English)
(graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.. (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.. A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or [...]
carrousel (French)
carousel (English)
(internet, GUI) A visual component that displays a series of images one at a time.. A continuously revolving device for item deliveryA baggage carousel at an airport.. A merry-go-round. The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.