Etymology of the French word caricature
the French word
caricaturederived from the Italian word
caricaturaderived from the Italian word
caricarederived from the Latin word
carricare (charge)
derived from the Late Latin word
carrus (wagon)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kers-Date
The earliest known usage of caricature in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in French
caricatural,
caricaturiste,
caricaturerDerivations in other languages
English
caricature, Romanian
caricaturăCognates
Dutch
karikatuur, English
caricature, German
Karikatur, Italian
caricatura, Lithuanian
karikatura, Norwegian
karikatur, Polish
karykatura, Russian
каpикaтypa, Swedish
karikatyr
