Where does “shạpo” come from?
shạpo (Choctaw) comes from French chapeau, from Middle French chappeau, from Old French chapel, from Late Latin cappellus, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
shạpo (Choctaw): hat, cap
Ancestry of “shạpo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | chapeau | hat; introductory text; lead of an article |
| 2 | Middle French | chappeau | hat |
| 3 | Old French | chapel | hat |
| 4 | Late Latin | cappellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |