Charpentier


Charpentier is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann".
The origin of the name dates to 900-1000, when the Old French "Charpentier" derived from the Late Latin carpentarius artifex, equivalent to Latin carpent, meaning "two-wheeled carriage", suffixed with arius ; see ER2.

Persons with the surname

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