Any one know how that came to be
thank you
2007-07-19 05:48:37 · 11 answers · asked by nnylkooc 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
They were originally called "Motor Carriages" Which just got shortened to "car"
2007-07-20 04:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The act of carriage is carrying something.
This word ended up attached to a particular type of horse drawn vehicle, which eventually gained a motor. The word automobile is far more recent.
The word float in milk-float has similar derisions (The type of cart commonly used 'floated' along).
2007-07-19 07:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Automobile - automatic mobility. You get it, start it, drive it. Car is short for carriage, but if you call your car a carriage, you might get beat up.
2007-07-19 06:02:57 · answer #3 · answered by Irish Country Boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the reasons I think is cause it like calling us human, thier are many automobiles but they have thier own types like, cars, trucks, SUV, vans, mobilehome are the differences.
2007-07-19 05:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by caos98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it goes back to the days when they were called "motor cars." That was shortened to just "car."
2007-07-19 05:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We call the 1998 time out "the truck" cuz in fact it is. We call the 2004 Mustang "the '04" and the 2005 Mustang "the '05" and we call my Fusion the "FUUUUSion" dragging out the 1st area like between the granddaughters did it perfect whilst we've been given it. not too unique regardless of the undeniable fact that it works.
2016-12-14 13:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
automobile,car,transportation,vehicle. they are all basically the same thing.
2007-07-19 05:56:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
short for carriage
example horseless (car)riage
2007-07-19 10:55:21 · answer #8 · answered by JC N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were motorized carts in the beginning
before that they were horse drawn carts
2007-07-19 05:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
horse drawn CARriage .
2007-07-19 06:01:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋