carraria

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late and Vulgar Latin. From carrus.

Noun

carraria

a wide road for vehicles; a path for carts ; the descendants have the meaning ”path, footpath”

Descendants

Albanian: karrarë
Aromanian: cãrari
Asturian: carrera
Bourguignon: charreire
Catalan: carrera
English: career (through French)
French: carrière (through Old Occitan), charrière

Galician: carreira
Italian: carraia, carriera (through Old Occitan)
Occitan: carrièra
Portuguese: carreira
Romanian: cărare
Spanish: carrera

References

carraria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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