An archaic or variant form of 'carrot,' the orange root vegetable.
From Old French carot, derived from Latin carota, which came from Greek karoton. The word traveled westward along Mediterranean trade routes.
Ancient Greeks called carrots 'karota,' and the word barely changed as it spread through Latin, French, and English—making it one of language's greatest travelers.
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