I was just wondering how and when the automobile started being referred to as a car....was it from carriage or was it just a slang word given to the automobile to make it easier to reference.
2007-02-28 14:45:52 · 5 answers · asked by Loretta R 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
au·to·mo·bile (ô'tə-mō-bēl', -mō'bēl')
n.
A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.
adj.
Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.
Horseless carriage - to motorized carriage - to motorcar - and eventually to just plain "car"
2007-02-28 16:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 2 answers:
the automobile "came" to being called a car by a sort of "vehicle"
OR.. It came just like that.
2007-03-02 07:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by lamo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short for carriage.
2007-02-28 16:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by scotty w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short version of carriage!
2007-02-28 14:53:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were first referred to as horseless carriages.
Later known as motor carrriage, motor car then car.
2007-02-28 16:15:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋