Etymology Dictionary

CAR,  a wheeled vehicle.  (F.,—C.)   In Shak. Sonnet 7, &c.   He also has carman, Meas. ii. 1. 269.   M.E. carre, Maundeville's Travels, p. 130.—O.F. car, char (mod. F. char), a car.—Lat. carrus, a kind of four-wheeled carriage, which Cæsar first saw in Gaul; a Celtic word.—Bret. karr, a chariot; W. car, a raft, frame, drag; O. Gael. cár, a cart, car, or raft for carrying things on; Irish carr, a cart, dray, waggon.   [Whence also G. karre, a cart, barrow.]   β. Allied to Lat. currus, a chariot, and currere, to run; the Lat. and Celt. c being the same letter etymologically.—✔KAR, to move; cf. Skt. char, to move; Curtius, i. 77; Fick, i. 521.   Der. There are numerous derivatives; see career, cargo, carrack, carry, cart, charge, chariot; cf. caracole.