Where does “carpen” come from?
carpen (Romanian) comes from Latin carpinus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er-.
carpen (Romanian): hornbeam
Ancestry of “carpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | carpinus | Hornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *kh₂er- | — |