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 karbantos →Every word from Gaulish carbantos →Every word from Latin carpentum →