CARTER



CARTER means exactly what is says, a man who used his cart to carry goods. The modern English word is derived from the Late Latin carrum through the Norman French cartier. There are other influences on cart such as the Old English cr�t, which probably came from the Old Norse, word kartr that would have been used in nothern Britian.
Classical Latin has several words describing carts and their use, such as <>carpentum, a covered carriage; carracutium, a conveyence, and carrago, a fortification made of wagons. All come from a Gaulish, or possibly Celtic word qerpen meaning to twist or bind small branches, the method by which any large box or crate was originally made.
Richard Carter was sent to Australia with the First Fleet. Records indicate that he died in 1792. (9) page 123.


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