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Rickshaw

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a small, two- or three-wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers, pulled or pedaled by a driver
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Stage 1 of 2
jinrikisha
Japanese · 1869
"a human-pulled cart"
literally "human-powered vehicle" (jin "person" + riki "power" + sha "vehicle")
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Stage 2 of 2
rickshaw
English · 1800s
"a small, two-wheeled passenger cart"
shortened and adapted from the Japanese term, spreading widely in South Asia
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