English

hydrocar

From hydro- + car.

Formed from hydro- + car

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

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 hydrogen-powered automobile.

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

Etymograph / hydrocar