Where does “carriage” come from?

Carriage comes from Old Northern French cariage, derived from Middle English cariage.

carriage (English): The act of conveying; carrying; Means of...

Definitions

  1. The act of conveying; carrying; Means of...

Ancestry of “carriage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcariage—
2Old Northern Frenchcariage—
3Old Frenchcarierto carry
4Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
5Gaulishkarroswagon
6Proto-Celtickarroswagon
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “carriage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós →Every word from Proto-Celtic karros →