carro

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • cart
  • (Latin America) car, automobile used especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela and all of Mexico except Central Mexico
  • (Latin America) train car

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish carro inherited from Latin carrus (wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle) derived from Gaulish karros derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-o-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱr̥s-o-

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