 Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot salads are a tradition in many regional cuisines.The word is first recorded in English circa 1530 and was borrowed from Middle French "carotte", itself from Late Latin "carōta", from Greek καρωτόν or "karōtón", originally from the Indo-European root "*ker-" (horn), due to its horn-like shape.In Old English, carrots (typically white at the time) were not clearly distinguished from parsnips