From where did the word 'cartoon' originate?

Roxanne33

The word comes via French 'carton', which meant literally 'strong heavy paper'. In due course, its meaning was transferred to the preliminary sketches made by artists on such paper, the original and for nearly two centuries the only sense of the word in English. Its application to comic drawings in newspapers and magazines began in the 1840s. Source: Dictionary of Word Origins May 21 00, 4:29 PM

zbeckabee

Cartoon -- 1671, from Fr. carton, from It. cartone "strong, heavy paper, pasteboard," thus "preliminary sketches made by artists on such paper," augmentive of M.L. carta "paper" (see card (n.). Extension to comical drawings in newspapers and magazines is 1843. Cartoonist first recorded 1880. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=cartoon&searchmode=none Feb 11 08, 10:51 AM

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