English

housecar

From house + car.

A compound of house + car

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

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

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / housecar