Where does “charrette” come from?

charrette (French) comes 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 (French): cart; urgent job, vital piece of work

Definitions

  1. cart; urgent job, vital piece of work

Ancestry of “charrette”, step by step

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

Words derived from “charrette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Old French -eté →Every word from Old French charrete →