Carpentier
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Carpentier is a surname from the old French Charpentier
and is similar to the English Carpenter
.
Origin: [900-1000] Charpentier - Old French
< Late Latin
; carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin
carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2. Carpentier was a surname in France at least as early as 1549, when Marin Carpentier of Brix, France
was mentioned in Gilles, Sire de Gouberville's journal of country life in Normandy.
Carpentier may refer to:
Charpentier
Charpentier is the French word for carpenter and a French surname. A variant spelling is Carpentier. In English the name is spelled Carpenter while in German it is Zimmermann....
and is similar to the English Carpenter
Carpenter
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
.
Origin: [900-1000] Charpentier - Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
< Late Latin
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity. The English dictionary definition of Late Latin dates this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD extending in Spain to the 7th. This somewhat ambiguously defined period fits between Classical Latin and Medieval Latin...
; carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2. Carpentier was a surname in France at least as early as 1549, when Marin Carpentier of Brix, France
Brix, Manche
Brix is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-History:Brix is known primarily as being the assumed origin of the Bruce family, who emigrated to Britain in the Middle Ages, settling in northern England and then southern Scotland...
was mentioned in Gilles, Sire de Gouberville's journal of country life in Normandy.
- A Y-DNA Project exists for this surname.
Carpentier may refer to:
Real people
- Alain Carpentier (b. 1933) French heart surgeon
- Alejo CarpentierAlejo CarpentierAlejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba; and despite his European birthplace, Carpentier strongly self-identified...
(1904-1980) Cuban writer and musicologist - Édouard CarpentierÉdouard CarpentierÉdouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz was a Québécois professional wrestler better known by his ring name Édouard Carpentier. In a career that spanned from the 1950s into the 1970s, he garnered several world championships.-Early life:...
(b. 1926) French professional wrestler - Georges CarpentierGeorges CarpentierGeorges Carpentier was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from...
(1894-1975) French boxer - Horace CarpentierHorace CarpentierHorace Walpole Carpentier was a lawyer and the first mayor of Oakland, California. He also served as president of the Overland Telegraph Company which oversaw the construction of the western portion of the first transcontinental telegraph in the United States.-Life:Carpentier was born in Galway,...
(1824-1918) lawyer and first mayor of Oakland, CA - Jules CarpentierJules CarpentierJules Carpentier was a French engineer and inventor.Jules Carpentier was a student at the French École polytechnique.He bought the Ruhmkorff workshops in Paris when Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff died and made it a successful business for building electrical and magnetical devices. From 1890, he...
(1851-1921) French engineer and inventor - Marcel Carpentier (1895-1977) French military officer
- Marguerite Jeanne CarpentierMarguerite Jeanne CarpentierMarguerite Jeanne Carpentier was a French painter and sculptor.She had an artistic independence. She studied in the École des Beaux Arts and met Rodin. She wrote a Journal d’artiste , from 1930 to her death in 1965....
(1886-1965) French painter and sculptor - Maritie and Gilbert CarpentierMaritie and Gilbert CarpentierThe married couple Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier were producers of very popular TV shows in France, from the fifties to the nineties.- Family and studies:...
(Maritie - 1922-2002, Gilbert - 1920-2000) married French TV producers - Nancy Carpentier BrownNancy Carpentier BrownNancy Carpentier Brown, is an author and blogmistress. Her first published work is The Blue Cross Study Edition published in 2006 by Hillside Education. Brown's study guide concerns the first Father Brown mystery, a literary work that high school, college, and book study groups can read, think,...
(b. 1961) author and blogger - Patrick CarpentierPatrick CarpentierPatrick Carpentier is a retired Canadian race car driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series. In 2009, Patrick shared the #36 of Tommy Baldwin Racing with Mike Skinner and ran Michael Waltrip's #55 Toyota Camry in the road course races in the...
(b. 1971) Canadian race car driver - Pieter de CarpentierPieter de CarpentierPieter de Carpentier was a Dutch, or Flemish, administrator of the Dutch East India Company, and who served as Governor-General there from 1623–1627...
(1586 or 88-1659) Dutch or Flemish administrator of the Dutch East India Company - Prudent CarpentierPrudent CarpentierPrudent Carpentier was a politician was Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly . -Background:He was born on March 13, 1922 in Saint-Tite, Mauricie and worked in forestry.-Political career:...
(b. 1922) Canadian politician
Fictional characters
- Allen Carpentier, protagonist in Niven & Pournelle's Inferno (novel)Inferno (novel)Inferno is a science fiction novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1976. It was nominated for the 1976 Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel.-Background:...