Where does “carrette” come from?

carrette (Norman) 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.

carrette (Norman): charret (small cart)

Definitions

  1. charret (small cart)

Ancestry of “carrette”, 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 →