The story
- Latin · derived fromcarrus“cart”
- Late Latin · derived fromcarricāre
- Spanish · borrowed fromcarga“a load, 4 Spanish bushels”
- English todaycarga
From Spanish carga (“a load, 4 Spanish bushels”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus (“cart”). Doublet of charge and cargo.
Words from the same roots
Late Latincarricāre all →
supracargo
Latincarrus all →
carcareerchargecarrycarouselchariotcaricaturecarrackkarozzinsupracargo
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.