Where does “carnet” come from?

carnet (Catalan) comes from French carnet, from Middle French quernet — group of four sheets.

carnet (Catalan): identification card

Definitions

  1. identification card

Ancestry of “carnet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarnetbooklet, notebook
2Middle Frenchquernetgroup of four sheets
Every word from Middle French quernet →Every word from French carnet →