Meaning

noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers

noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

originFrom French carrousel, from Italian carosello, from Sicilian caruseḍḍu and/or Neapolitan carusiello. Uncertain. Some suggested a derivation from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, but this does not fit the criteria of an appropriate morphological reconstruction. Not believed to be related to carousal.

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