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==Etymology==
− It is probably [[bor|non|kartr]] or a similar Scandinavian word,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) replacing and partly continuing, by metathesis, Old English cræt, cart, wagon, chariot (before 800),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) and probably influenced by Anglo-Norman carete, a diminutive of car (see [[car]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) Both are cognate with Middle Dutch cratte, woven mat, basket, and related to [[cradle]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) so that the first cart may have had a wickerwork body.^(Etymonline)
+ It is probably [[bor|non|kartr]] or a similar Scandinavian word,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) replacing and partly continuing, by metathesis, [[ang|cræt]], cart, wagon, chariot (before 800),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) and probably influenced by [[xno|carete]], a diminutive of car (see [[car]]).^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) Both are cognate with [[dum|cratte]], woven mat, basket, and related to [[cradle]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) so that the first cart may have had a wickerwork body.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==