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An Italian metonymic occupational name for a notary or administrator from carta (“document”) or a Spanish nickname from carta (“letter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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An Italian metonymic occupational name for a notary or administrator from carta (“document”) or a Spanish nickname from carta (“letter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.