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noun cart

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Word Origin & History

1520s, from Middle Dutch wagen, waghen, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (cf. Old English wægn, Modern English wain, Old Saxon and Old High German wagan, Old Norse vagn, Old Frisian wein, German Wagen), from PIE *woghnos, from *wegh- "to carry, to move" (cf. Sanskrit vahanam "vessel, ship," Greek okhos, Latin vehiculum, Old Church Slavonic vozu "carriage, chariot," Russian povozka, Lithuanian vazis "a small sledge," Old Irish fen, Welsh gwain "carriage, cart;" see weigh).

In Dutch and German, the general word for "a wheel vehicle;" English use is a result of contact through Flemish immigration, Dutch trade, or the Continental wars. It has largely displaced the native cognate, wain. Spelling preference varied randomly between -g- and -gg- from mid-18c., before American English settled on the etymological wagon, while waggon remained common in Great Britain. Wagon train is attested from 1810. Phrase on the wagon "abstaining from alcohol" is 1904, originally on the water cart.

Example Sentences for wagon

The horses were hitched to the wagon, which still contained the tent and fittings.

"You are housed but just in time, my young friends," said the master of the wagon.

"I shall say just how it all happened, that we quarreled, and upset the wagon," said Sami calmly.

Sami's bundle was thrown into the wagon and the boy seated on it.

Si sed: "Yas; counted 'em on the wagon, counted 'em off agin, and counted 'em when I made 'em."

I could push the wagon about with one hand, so light was its structure.

Perceiving a stranger in the wagon she paused, with a look of embarrassment.

Mary went swiftly up to the wagon, and laid one hand upon the wheel.

Presently, the man entered who had brought Raby home in his wagon.

It's about the only way we could transport it, as the trails are too narrow for a wagon.

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