cargo English · revision 6937

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1657|origins=la carrus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|cargo|t=load, burden]], also carga,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|es|cargar|t=to load]], from Late Latin [[m|la-lat|carricare|t=to load on a cart]], from [[m|la|carrus|t=wagon]] (see [[car]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The French cognate gave English [[charge]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The freight of a ship: 1657.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Barnhart notes that the Middle English word for a ship's load was charge.^(Barnhart 1988) An obsolete use as a bill of lading is from 1678.^(OED 1989) The goods carried by an aircraft or other vehicle are a later extension.^(SOED 2002)^(AHD) The ''cargo cult'' of the South Pacific is from 1949,^(Etymonline) and ''cargo pants'', named after the large military pockets, from 1977.^(Etymonline) An unrelated cargo was a term of contempt (1602).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1657 – a ship's freight.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1678 – a bill of lading (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1949 – cargo cult.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1977 – cargo pants.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Goods carried by a [[ship]], aircraft or vehicle; [[freight]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cargo cult]]

+ * [[cargo liner]]

+ * [[air cargo]]

+ * [[cargo pants]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[car]]

+ * [[charge]]

+ * [[carry]]

+ * [[cark]]

+ * [[career]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}