charpit (English) comes from English char, from English cha, from Hindi चा, from Persian چا, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.
charpit (English): A pit dug for charring wood, for example to make charcoal or to destroy a tree stump
Definitions
A pit dug for charring wood, for example to make charcoal or to destroy a tree stump
Ancestry of “charpit”, step by step
charpit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.