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Where does “charrette” come from?

charrette (English) comes from French charrette, from Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

charrette (English): Alternative spelling of charret

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of charret

Ancestry of “charrette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcharrettecart; urgent job, vital piece of work
2Middle Frenchcharrete—
3Old Frenchcharretecharret
4Old French-etévariant of -té
5Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
6Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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