Where does “car” come from?

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

car (Romanian): cart; chariot; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. cart; chariot; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “car”, step by step

car traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin carrus

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

via Romani kar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanikarpenis
2Prakrit*𑀓𑀸𑀝—

Words derived from “car”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →