The word “limousine” is derived from the name of the French region Limousin. However, how the name of the region transferred to the car is uncertain. One possibility involves a particular type of carriage hood or roof that physically resembled the raised hood of the cloak worn by the shepherds there . An alternate etymology speculates that some early chauffeurs wore a Limousin-style cloak in the open driver’s compartment, for protection from the weather . The name was then extended to this particular type of car with a permanent top projecting over the chauffeur. This former type of automobile had an enclosed passenger compartment seating three to five persons, with only a roof projecting forward over the open driver’s area in the front .
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