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MWmagna cum laude
Examples
  • //I'll wait in the car.
  • //He got into the car and drove away.
  • //She bought a new car.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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 current entry 1
car