from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition [Frenchcarrière, from Old French, racecourse, from Old Provençalcarriera, street, from Medieval Latin(via) carrāria, (road) for carts, feminine ofcarrārius, from Latincarrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- ...
To move forward at high speed, often with minimal control: "that lordly car ... How smoothly it ran. In what style they had come careering along the country roads!" (James Joyce). [French carrière, from Old French, racecourse, from Old Provençal carriera, street, from Medieval Latin...
Derived from Latin and French, the term career originally denoted a pathway or racecourse; the course or rapid motion of people, horses, hawks, heavenly bodies; or a course of action. By the early nineteenth century, it had taken on some of today’s meanings and since then has come to r...
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