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