Etymology

chartres

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Today it means: A city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Full definition →

French Chartres ← Latin Carnūtēs
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  1. Latin · derived fromCarnūtēs
  2. French · borrowed fromChartres
  3. English todayChartres

From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.