Etymology

vettura

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Today it means: A type of four-wheeled carriage, especially one let for hire Full definition →

Italian vettura ← Latin vectūra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvectūra“conveyance”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromvettura
  3. English todayvettura

Borrowed from Italian vettura, from Latin vectūra (“conveyance”). Doublet of vecture and voiture.

Words from the same roots

Latinvectūra all →

voiturevecture

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