Where does “carrot” come from?

Carrot comes from Middle French carotte, which derives from a root meaning the edible orange root vegetable.

carrot (English): A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	karette	carrot
2	Translingual	Caretta	genus
3	French	caret	loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
4	French	car	as, since, because, for; a single-decked...
5	Latin	quare	by what means, how; from what cause, on what...
6	Latin	rēs	thing, object, stuff
7	Latin	vindicatio	civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
8	Latin	vindicō	to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
9	Latin	vindex	claimant, vindicator
10	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
11	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
12	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
13	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
14	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
15	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
16	Latin	calceus	shoe
17	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line