Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - carpenter

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, charpenter, from Latin carpentarius carriage maker, from carpentum carriage, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish carpat chariot, carr vehicle — more at car  Date: 14th century a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts  II. verb  (-tered; ~ing)  Date: circa 1815  intransitive verb to follow the trade of a ~ ~ed when he was young  transitive verb  1. to make by or as if by carpentry  2. to put together often in a mechanical manner ~ed many television scripts