History and Etymology
Middle English
carre "cart, wagon, small cartload," borrowed from Anglo-French
carre, charre, going back to Late Latin
carra, plural of
carrum "vehicle, cart," going back to Latin, neuter variant of
carrus "a kind of Gaulish wagon," borrowed from the Gaulish outcome of Celtic
*kr̥s-o-, whence also Old Irish
carr "cart, wagon," Welsh
car "vehicle" — more at
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