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Carpentier

Carpentier is a Norman-Picard surname, variant form of French Charpentier and is similar to the English Carpenter, which is borrowed from Norman. In Basse Normandie, the most common form is Lecarpentier.

The words carpentier, charpentier, carpenter are ultimately from Late Latin; ' "artifex" or "wainwright", equivalent to Latin ' "two wheeled carriage" ( < Celtic (Gaulish) *; cf. OIr ' "chariot") + suffix -arius - ARY; see ER2.

Notable people with the surname include:

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