In Reply to: And carriage became car. (nt) posted by mark111 on July 22, 2012 at 09:56:58:
As best I can tell from the somewhat scrambled information in Merriam-Webster, both "car" and "carriage" come from the French "carre," "carriage" via a verb, "carier."
Latin carrus > French carre > ME carre > car
Latin carrus > Frnech carre > French carier to transport > French cariage > ME cariage > carriage
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