From Latin 'carricare' (to load a wagon), from Gaulish 'karros' (chariot) — originally transport by vehicle.
To support and move something from one place to another; to bear the weight of.
From Middle English 'carien,' borrowed from Anglo-Norman French 'carier' (to transport in a vehicle), from Late Latin 'carricāre' (to load a cart), from Latin 'carrus' (a four-wheeled wagon), itself borrowed from Gaulish 'karros' (chariot, wagon), from PIE root *ḱr̥s-o- (to run). The word originally meant specifically vehicular transport — loading and moving goods by cart — before broadening to include carrying by hand or on one's person. The Celtic origin of 'carrus' means that 'carry' ultimately
'Carry,' 'car,' 'cargo,' 'charge,' 'career,' and 'caricature' all trace back to the same Gaulish (ancient Celtic) word 'karros' meaning 'wagon.' A 'caricature' is literally an 'overloaded' portrait (Italian 'caricare,' to load, exaggerate), and a 'career' was originally a racecourse for carts before it meant a professional path.