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What is the recommended spelling of the above, meaning 'cart' or 'wagon'? On etymological grounds it should be the form with double -ρρ-: Latin 'carrus/carrum'. The Romans took the word from the Celtic word meaning "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish karros, a Celtic word (compare Old Irish and Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot"), from PIE *krsos, from root *kers- "to run" cp 'current'. On the other hand, the form with a single -r-. has been current in English "from 16th to 19th c. chiefly poetic, with associations of dignity, solemnity, or splendour ..." [OED]. Used in U.S. by 1826 of railway freight carriages and of passenger coaches on a railway by 1830; by 1862 of a streetcar or tramway car. Extension to "automobile" is by 1896, but from 1831 to the first decade of 20c. the cars meant "railroad train." Car bomb first 1972, in reference to Northern Ireland. The Latin word also is the source of Italian and Spanish carro, French char."
I've seen both forms in Greek.:mellow:
I've seen both forms in Greek.:mellow: