Where does “charrette” come from?

charrette (Middle French) comes 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 (Middle French): cart

Definitions

  1. cart

Ancestry of “charrette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcharretecharret
2Old French-etévariant of -té
3Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Old French -eté →Every word from Old French charrete →