Etymology

The statement vehicles comes, through the French car from the Ancient Greek word αὐτός (autós, "self") and the Latin mobilis ("portable"); importance a vehicle that moves itself. The loanword was initially embraced in English by The New York Times in 1899.[7] The option name auto is accepted to begin from the Latin word carrus or carrum ("wheeled vehicle"), or the Middle English word carre ("truck") (from Old North French), thusly these are said to have begun from the Gaulish word karros (a Gallic Chariot)