Where does “miscarriage” come from?
Miscarriage comes from Middle English mis- combined with carriage, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European mey- and meit-, roots relating to exchange or movement.
miscarriage (English): A failure; a mistake or error; The spontaneous...
Definitions
- A failure; a mistake or error; The spontaneous...
Ancestry of “miscarriage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carriage | The act of conveying; carrying; Means of... |
| 2 | Middle English | cariage | — |
| 3 | Old Northern French | cariage | — |
| 4 | Old French | carier | to carry |
| 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 |