chariot

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱr̥sós
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*karros“wagon”
3. Gaulish · derived from*karros
4. Latin · derived fromcarrus“wagon”
5. Old French · derived fromchariot
6. Middle English · inherited fromchariot
7. English todaychariot

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), itself borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

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