Cargoes
/ˈkɑːrɡoʊz/noun
Plural of cargo: goods or merchandise carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
Did you know?Cargo entered English through Spanish and likely traces back to Latin carricare, meaning “to load a cart,” so even modern shipping language still carries the old weight of wheels and haulage.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kers-
“to run”
Latin
Latin
currere
“to run”
Late Latin
Latin
carrus
“wagon, cart”
Spanish
Spanish
cargo
“a load, burden, or charge”
16th Century
English
cargo
“a ship's load or freight”
Modern English
English
cargoes
“plural of cargo, goods carried for transport”