Where does “char” come from?

char (French) comes from Old French char, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

char (French): chariot, carriage; tank; car, auto

Definitions

  1. chariot, carriage; tank; car, auto

Ancestry of “char”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcharflesh; meat; cart
2Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
3Gaulishkarroswagon
4Proto-Celtickarroswagon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “char”

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