English

mailcart

From mail + cart.

A compound of mail + cart

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

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 two-wheeled cart formerly used by postmen to deliver mail.

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

Etymograph / mailcart