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Where does “karo” come from?

karo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish carro, 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.

karo (Tagalog): carriage used to carry an image of a saint in a...

Definitions

  1. carriage used to carry an image of a saint in a...

Ancestry of “karo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcarrocart; car, automobile; train car
2Old Spanishcarro—
3Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
4Gaulishkarroswagon
5Proto-Celtickarroswagon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
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