Where does “carretada” come from?
carretada (Spanish) comes from Spanish carreta, from Old Spanish carreta, from Old Catalan carreta, from Old Catalan carro, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós — to run.
carretada (Spanish): cartload
Ancestry of “carretada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | carreta | cart, dray |
| 2 | Old Spanish | carreta | — |
| 3 | Old Catalan | carreta | — |
| 4 | Old Catalan | carro | — |
| 5 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 6 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |