Where does “卡片” come from?

卡片 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 卡, from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros — to run.

卡片 (Chinese): card

Definitions

  1. card

Ancestry of “卡片”, step by step

卡片 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 卡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese卡—
2EnglishcarA wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with...
3Middle Englishcarrecart, wagon
4Anglo-Normancarrecart
5Latincarra—
6Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
7Gaulishkarroswagon
8Proto-Celtickarroswagon
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Chinese 片

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese片film
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós →Every word from Proto-Celtic karros →