Vehicle
/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/noun
A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land.
Did you know?Vehicle comes from Latin *vehiculum*, from *vehere* meaning “to carry, convey,” a root that also gave English some surprisingly forceful words about movement and burden.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weǵʰ-
“to carry, convey”
Latin
Latin
vehere
“to carry, transport”
Latin
Latin
vehiculum
“a means of transport; carriage”
Old French
Old French
véhicule
“a conveyance, carriage”
Late Middle English
English
vehicle
“a means of transport; later, a medium or instrument for something”
Modern English
English
vehicle
“a thing used for transporting people or goods”