How was it shortened to CAR?
2007-10-20 12:21:01 · 4 answers · asked by Bobby S 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
CARburetor
2007-10-20 12:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Horse cart" possable origin of CAR Automobile Quadra-Cycle (Ford) Horseless Carriage is where I believe the term Carriage was shortened to CAR Powered by a version of Gustav Otto's 4 Cycle engine. And that term did not stick until the late 1930's.
2007-10-20 12:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was shortened from "motor car". The word "car" is a shortened form of the word "carriage". "Carriage" comes from French "carier" "to carry" and Latin "carrus" which means "wheeled vehicle".
2007-10-20 12:28:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
horseless carriage...abbreviation...
2007-10-21 19:09:11 · answer #4 · answered by piedmontliving 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋