Where does “șarpantă” come from?

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

șarpantă (Romanian): woodwork

Definitions

  1. woodwork

Ancestry of “șarpantă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcharpenteframework; build; first-person singular present...
2Old Frenchcharpent—
3Latincarpentumcarriage (two-wheeled); chariot
4Gaulishcarbantos—
5Proto-Celtickarbantoschariot; wagon
Every word from Proto-Celtic karbantos →Every word from Gaulish carbantos →Every word from Latin carpentum →