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Rated: E · Book · Educational · #2105953
One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.
#908288 added April 3, 2017 at 5:59pm
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"Car"
"Car"
- etymology -

The word "car" (most commonly referring to a modern automobile) derives through Middle English, Old French, and Latin from the Gaulish word "karros" (meaning "wagon"). It is a cognate of "chariot" and "courier", and ultimately comes from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to run".


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