PIE *weghから、移動、輸送、語源的にはway, vehicleと同じ。派生語wagon, lorry, wagon compartmentなど。
英語の語源
wagon (n.)
"four-wheeled vehicle to carry heavy loads," late 15c., from Middle Dutch wagen, waghen, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (cognates: Old English w?gn, Modern English wain, Old Saxon and Old High German wagan, Old Norse vagn, Old Frisian wein, German Wagen), from PIE *wogh-no-, suffixed form of root *wegh- "to carry, to move" (cognates: Sanskrit vahanam "vessel, ship," Greek okhos, Latin vehiculum, Old Church Slavonic voz? "carriage, chariot," Russian povozka, Lithuanian va ?is "a small sledge," Old Irish fen, Welsh gwain "carriage, cart;" see weigh).
In Dutch and German, the general word for "a wheel vehicle;" English use is a result of contact through Flemish immigration, Dutch trade, or the Continental wars. It has largely displaced the native cognate, wain. Spelling preference varied randomly between -g- and -gg- from mid-18c., before American English settled on the etymological wagon, while waggon remained common in Great Britain. Wagon-train is attested from 1810. Phrase on the wagon "abstaining from alcohol" is 1904, originally on the water cart.
例文
1. I found a place to park beside a station wagon .
ワゴンの隣に駐車スペースを見つけました。
2.The wagon 's paint was badly chipped on the outside.
馬車の外側にペンキが点々と塗られている。
3.Tell Mac to siphon petrol out of his wagon .
マークに車のガソリンを抜いてもらう。
4.I 'm on the wagon for a while.Cleaning out my system.