Etymology

cartwain

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Today it means: A wagon using for hauling loads. Full definition →

Middle English *cartwain ← Old English crætwæġn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromcrætwæġn“wagon, chariot”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*cartwain
  3. English todaycartwain

From cart + wain, perhaps from Middle English *cartwain, continuing Old English crætwæġn (“wagon, chariot”).

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