The story
- Latin · derived fromcarrus
- Italian · derived fromcaricatùra
- French · borrowed fromcaricature
- English todaycaricature
Borrowed from French caricature, from Italian caricatùra, ultimately from Latin carrus, and so not related to character, which is instead ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”).
Words from the same roots
Latincarrus all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.