carrera

/kaˈreɾa/ · A2 · noun · f

race

🏁 carrera = carro + -era: the cart road, then the race run on it

From Late Latin carraria, a road for carts (carrus, the source of car and career). The track gave its name to the running done on it. English career is the same word: the course a working life runs along.

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