2007-02-15 05:35:31 · 5 answers · asked by Keep Smilin 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Early 17th century. Via French véhicule < Latin vehiculum < vehere "carry"]
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2007-02-15 11:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latin orgin was vehiculum....
1612, "a medium through which a drug or medicine is administered," 1615 in the sense of "any means of conveying or transmitting," from Fr. véhicule, from L. vehiculum "means of transport, a vehicle," from vehere "to carry," from PIE *wegh- "to go, transport in a vehicle" (cf. O.E. wegan "to carry;" O.N. vegr, O.H.G. weg "way;" M.Du. wagen "wagon;" see wagon). Sense of "cart or other conveyance" first recorded 1656.
2007-02-15 13:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by miketntw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vehicle dates back to 1615 when it was used to mean "a means to administer medicine" and then came to mean "any means of transmitting or conveying something. It comes from French vehicule, from Latin vehiculum-means of transport, from vehere-to carry,from Proto-Indo-European wegh-to go, to transport in a vehicle, from Old English wegan -to carry, fromOld High German weg-way,from Middle Dutch wagen-wagon.
"Vehicle" was first used to mean cart or conveyance in 1656.
2007-02-15 13:45:56 · answer #3 · answered by True Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'vehicle' comes from the Latin word "veheculum", meaning "to carry".
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2007-02-15 13:54:17 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-19 02:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by andyt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋