Where does “cargo” come from?

cargo (Spanish) comes from Spanish cargar, from Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

cargo (Spanish): charge, burden; position, post; debit

Definitions

  1. charge, burden; position, post; debit

Ancestry of “cargo”, step by step

cargo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cargar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcargarto charge; to load; to annoy, pester
2Latincarricāre
3Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
4Gaulishkarroswagon
5Proto-Celtickarroswagon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Latin carricō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarricōto load
2Latin-icō
3Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “cargo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sósEvery word from Proto-Celtic karros