Where does “Chaplin” come from?
Chaplin comes from Old French chapelain, from Latin cappella, originally a small cape or cloak, ultimately from Latin caput meaning head.
Chaplin (English): A place name
Definitions
- A place name
Ancestry of “Chaplin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | chapelain | chaplain |
| 2 | Latin | cappellānus | chaplain |
| 3 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |