Where does “charpente” come from?

charpente (French) comes from Old French charpent, from Latin carpentum, from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic karbantos — chariot; wagon.

charpente (French): framework; build; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. framework; build; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “charpente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcharpent
2Latincarpentumcarriage (two-wheeled); chariot
3Gaulishcarbantos
4Proto-Celtickarbantoschariot; wagon

Words derived from “charpente

Every word from Proto-Celtic karbantosEvery word from Gaulish carbantosEvery word from Latin carpentum