(declension-2, masculine) a wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart
(declension-2, masculine) a cartload, a wagonload
(New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) car
(Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine) a load, an English unit of weight
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[ˈkar.rʊs]
Etimologia (Inglese)
Borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, zero-grade form of *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of currus.