mid-15c., "talker" (obsolete), agent noun from carp (v.) in its older sense. Meaning "fault-finder" is from 1570s.
Carpathian
carpe diem
carpel
carpenter
carpentry
carper
carpet
carpetbag
carpetbagger
carpet-bombing
carpeting
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