Etymology

go-cart

Today it means: A soapbox car for downhill racing or playful noncompetitive driving on flat terrain. Full definition →

English cart ← Middle English cart ← Old English cræt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*gāną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*gān
  4. Old Englishgān
  5. Middle Englishgon
  6. Englishgo
  7. Old Norsekartr
  8. Proto-Germanic*kradô
  9. Proto-West Germanic*krat
  10. Old Englishcræt
  11. Middle Englishcart
  12. Englishcart
  13. English todaygo-cart

From go + cart.

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