career

The story

1. Middle French · derived fromcarriere
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱr̥sós
3. Latin · derived fromcarrus“wheeled vehicle”
4. Late Latin · derived fromcarrāria
5. Old Occitan · derived fromcarreira
6. Italian · derived fromcarriera
7. French · derived fromcarrière“road; racecourse”
8. English todaycareer

Mid 16th century, from French carrière (“road; racecourse”), from Italian carriera, from Old Occitan carreira, from Late Latin carrāria based on Latin carrus (“wheeled vehicle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”); alternatively, from Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 16th–18th c. A short gallop of a horse.