## Meanings
1. A film made of drawings that appear to move, often funny and made for children.
2. A funny drawing, often with a caption, in a newspaper or magazine.

## Examples
- The children watched a funny cartoon on TV.
- The newspaper printed a cartoon mocking the mayor.

## Derived Forms
- cartooner
- cartoonery
- cartoonesque
- cartooney
- cartoonish
- cartoonist
- cartoonistic
- cartoonlike
- cartoony
- spokestoon

## Related Forms
- cartoonist
- funnies

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: carton
- Root: cartone
- Root: carta
- Root: χάρτης

## Etymology
In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card.

## AI Etymology
cartoon is a verb and noun. In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card. Historical forms in the chain include carton (French), cartone (Italian), carta (Latin), and χάρτης (Ancient Greek). Current senses include a film made of drawings that appear to move, often funny and made for children and a funny drawing, often with a caption, in a newspaper or magazine. Derived forms include cartooner, cartoonery, cartoonesque, cartooney, and cartoonish. Related words include cartoonist and funnies.

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