Etymology

minicar

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Today it means: A very small car; specifically, a car that is smaller than a subcompact Full definition →

English car ← Middle English carre ← Anglo-Norman carre
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The story

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  6. Proto-Celtic*karros
  7. Gaulish*karros
  8. Latincarrus
  9. Anglo-Normancarre
  10. Middle Englishcarre
  11. Englishcar
  12. English todayminicar

From mini- + car.

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