Where does “caretă” come from?
caretă (Romanian) comes from Russian карета, from Polish kareta, from Spanish carreta, from Old Spanish carreta, from Old Catalan carreta, from Old Catalan carro, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros — to run.
caretă (Romanian): coach, carriage
Definitions
- coach, carriage
Ancestry of “caretă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карета | carriage, coach; Short for каре́та ско́рой... |
| 2 | Polish | kareta | carriage; quads, four of a kind |
| 3 | Spanish | carreta | cart, dray |
| 4 | Old Spanish | carreta | cart |
| 5 | Old Catalan | carreta | cart |
| 6 | Old Catalan | carro | cart |
| 7 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 8 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |