English
go-cart
From go + cart.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’
Proto-Germanic *gāną ‘to go’
Proto-West Germanic *gān ‘to go’
Old English gān ‘to go’
Middle English gon
English go
Proto-Indo-European *gretH- ‘to tie’
Proto-Germanic *kradô ‘basket’
Proto-West Germanic *krat
Old English cræt ‘cart, wagon’
Middle English cart
English cart
Today it means
noun A small, open-wheeled vehicle for racing: A soapbox car for downhill racing or playful noncompetitive driving on flat terrain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / go-cart