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English word carpenter comes from Gaulish carbantos, Gaulish carbanton, and later Latin carpentum (Barouche. Carriage (two-wheeled); chariot. Wagon, cart.)
carbantos (Gaulish)
carbanton (Gaulish)
carpentum (Latin)
Barouche. Carriage (two-wheeled); chariot. Wagon, cart.
carpentarius (Latin)
Wagon(s), carriage(s) (attributive) Cartwright. Coachman.
carpentarius (Late Latin)
carpentier (Anglo-Norman)
carpenter (English)
To work as a carpenter (nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or [...]