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  • In truth, the word carnival is derived from carrus navalis, -cart of the sea.

    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976

  • For instance, "carnival" really stems from "carrus navalis": the "naval car" or ship, which carried the Celtic and Germanic Sea-God from his Northern abode to the winter feasts.

    timesofmalta.com 2009

  • \karros > Gaulish carros > Latin carrus come, besides car: carry, career, carriage, cargo, charge, carroche, cariole and caricature; very possibly related to Celtic \?

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 4 1976

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