cargo C1 Topic:Transportation US /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ UK /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #4826 Meanings 1 noun Goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. The plane was overloaded with cargo. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · goods carried by a ship,... shipment Word family Forms cargoescargos Derived forms all-cargocargoismcargolesscargoplane Common collocations cargo cult Noun + noun cargo helicopter Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European carricō la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cargo **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 4826 ## Meanings 1. Goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. ## Examples - The plane was overloaded with cargo. ## Derived Forms - all-cargo - cargoism - cargoless - cargoplane ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ḱers- - Root: carricō ## Etymology Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. ## AI Etymology Cargo is borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Important recorded forms include *ḱers- (Proto-Indo-European) and carricō (la-lat). Current senses include goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or vehicle. The wider family includes derived forms such as all-cargo, cargoism, cargoless, and cargoplane. ## Topics - Transportation markdown