The words carpentier, charpentier, carpenter are ultimately from
Late Latin; carpentarius "artifex" or "wainwright", equivalent to
Latincarpent(um) "two wheeled carriage" ( < Celtic (Gaulish) **carbanton; cf. OIr carpad "chariot") + suffix -arius - ARY; see ER2.[4]
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References
^Géopatronyme : repartition by number of birth and French départements of the surname Carpentier[1]
^Géopatronyme : repartition by number of birth and French départements of the surname Charpentier[2]
^Géopatronyme : repartition by number of birth and French départements of the surname Lecarpentier[3]
^Combined from several sources including: Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books and "Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition by Oxford University Press.