Etymology

voiture

voi·ture
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Today it means: A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts. Full definition →

French voiture ← Latin vectūra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvectūra
  2. French · borrowed fromvoiture
  3. English todayvoiture

Borrowed from French voiture, from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vecture and vettura.

Words from the same roots

Latinvectūra all →

vecturevettura

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.