Etymology

carry

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Today it means: To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. Full definition →

Middle English carien ← Anglo-Norman carier ← Latin carrus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcarrus“four-wheeled baggage wagon”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcarier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcarien
  4. English todaycarry

From Middle English carien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin. Compare also Middle English cairen (“to go, bring carry”), whence Modern English cair, with which it was confused.

Words from the same roots

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