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Where does “carpintería” come from?

carpintería (Spanish) comes from Spanish carpintero, from Late Latin carpentarius, from Latin carpentārius, from Latin carpentum, from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic karbantos — chariot; wagon.

carpintería (Spanish): carpentry

Definitions

  1. carpentry

Ancestry of “carpintería”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcarpinterocarpenter; woodpecker
2Late Latincarpentariuscarpenter; a carpenter; wagon, carriage
3Latincarpentārius—
4Latincarpentumcarriage ; chariot; wagon, cart; barouche
5Gaulishcarbantos—
6Proto-Celtickarbantoschariot; wagon
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