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carpentarius

Carpentarius is Latin for a cartwright or coachman, and in medieval Latin also for a carpenter.

Carpentarius comes from carpentum, a kind of cart or carriage. As a noun, first found in late Latin, it named a cartwright, a maker of carts, or a coachman. In medieval Latin it also came to mean carpenter.

Because the meaning shifted, read the word with care. If other records call the man a wheelwright or a carpenter in the local language, that tells you which sense the priest meant.

As seen in a recordLatin baptism register, parents' line, 1780s
Sebastianus Zimmer, carpentarius, et Eva uxor ejus
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Daily Ancestor. "carpentarius." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/carpentarius. Last checked 2026-10-10.

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