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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 [...]

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