Etymology

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Today it means: A pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down; a merry-go-round. Full definition →

French carrousel ← Italian carosello ← Sicilian caruseḍḍu
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcarrus
  2. Neapolitan · derived fromcarusiello
  3. Sicilian · derived fromcaruseḍḍu
  4. Italian · derived fromcarosello
  5. French · borrowed fromcarrousel
  6. English todaycarousel

From French carrousel, from Italian carosello, from Sicilian caruseḍḍu and/or Neapolitan carusiello. Uncertain. Some suggested a derivation from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, but this does not fit the criteria of an appropriate morphological reconstruction. Not believed to be related to carousal.

Words from the same roots

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