English
groundcar
Compound of ground + car.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós ‘vehicle’
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Gaulish *karros ‘wagon’
Latin carrus ‘two-wheeled baggage wagon’
Anglo-Norman carre
Middle English carre ‘cart’
English car
Today it means
noun A car unable to fly (as opposed to a flying car).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / groundcar