Where does “chapèl” come from?
chapèl (Antillean Creole) comes from French chapelle, from Middle French chapelle, from Old French chapele, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chapèl (Antillean Creole): place of worship; shrine
Definitions
- place of worship; shrine
Ancestry of “chapèl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chapelle | chapel; covering for the head |
| 2 | Middle French | chapelle | chapel |
| 3 | Old French | chapele | chapel |
| 4 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |