Etymology

carpentry

carp·entry
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Today it means: The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures. Full definition →

Middle English carpentrie ← Anglo-Norman carpenterie
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The story

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcarpenterie
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcarpentrie
  3. English todaycarpentry

From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter.

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