Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Spanish ·1650s
Cargo
from cargo
- Meaning
- Goods carried by a ship, plane, or vehicle.
- Source word
- cargo
- Route into English
- Spanish *cargo* (load, from *cargar*, to load) → English via maritime trade. Cousin of *charge* and *carriage*, all from Latin *carrus* (wagon).
- Arrived
- 1650s
From Spanish
American Spanish, not peninsular Spanish, provided most of the modern loanwords — through US expansion westward and Latin American trade.
English borrows.
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