Where does “xapar” come from?

xapar (Catalan) comes from Catalan xapa, from Spanish chapa — veneer; plating; lock.

xapar (Catalan): to plate of metal, to veneer of wood

Definitions

  1. to plate of metal, to veneer of wood

Ancestry of “xapar”, step by step

xapar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan xapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanxapaplate, sheet of metal
2Spanishchapaveneer; plating; lock

via Catalan xap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanxap—
Every word from Spanish chapa →Every word from Catalan xapa →