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One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.

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"Car"
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"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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