Where does “cars” come from?
Cars comes from English car, from Proto-Germanic karzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European gers-, from Latin carra and carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós.
cars (English): plural of car
Definitions
- plural of car
Ancestry of “cars”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | car | A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with... |
| 2 | Middle English | carre | cart, wagon |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | carre | cart |
| 4 | Latin | carra | — |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |