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Car comes from the Latin word carrus or carrum ("wheeled vehicle"), or the Middle English word carre ("cart") (from Old North French), in turn these are said to have originated from the Gaulish word "Karros" (a Gallic chariot).

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>>From Latin carra, pl of carrus a type of wagon.

I want to add that the Latin word CARRA derives from the Hebrew word CaR in Ancient Hebrew, which means a riding compartment.

There is also a Gaulish word karros that might have come from the Latin and passed it into French. But either way, the basic idea is Hebrew - CaR, Latin - CARRA, English - CAR. It would make sense if there was a Greek pattern as well, but I do not see it. There is a Greek word KARROS, but I cannot find it's definition.

French comes from Latin, which comes from Greek, which comes from Hebrew. Hebrew is the oldest language we have record of, as of the late 1990's. Greek, Latin, French, and English all derive from Hebrew at some point.

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