Where does “carro” come from?

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

carro (Spanish): cart; car, automobile; train car

Definitions

  1. cart; car, automobile; train car

Ancestry of “carro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcarrocart
2Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
3Gaulishkarroswagon
4Proto-Celtickarroswagon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “carro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós →Every word from Proto-Celtic karros →