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Were did the name car come from?

Updated: 9/14/2023
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I have been researching this a little. Most sources I've seen believe it to be from the term Motor Car which is short for Motor Carriage. There is also some latin and Gaelic translations that some sources claim is where we get car, but I think it all comes back to carriage.

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