English
invalid carriage
From invalid + carriage.
A compound of invalid + carriage
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
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Latin carrus ‘a wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart’
Old Northern French carier ‘to carry’
Old Northern French cariage ‘transportation (of goods)’
Middle English cariage
English carriage
Today it means
noun A three-wheeled motor vehicle allowing disabled people to drive on the road, no longer used because of safety concerns.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / invalid carriage