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Where does “carreta” come from?

carreta (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese carreta.

carreta (Portuguese): cart; semi-trailer; big rig; eighteen-wheeler

Definitions

  1. cart; semi-trailer; big rig; eighteen-wheeler

Ancestry of “carreta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecarreta—

Words derived from “carreta”

  • acarretar
  • acartar
  • kereta
  • keretapi
  • kereta api
  • kereta
  • kréta
  • karreta
Every word from Old Portuguese carreta →