Where does “Kaaps” come from?
Kaaps (English) comes from Afrikaans Kaaps, from Dutch Kaaps, from Dutch kaap, from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Kaaps (English): The form of the Afrikaans language spoken by Cape Coloured people
Definitions
- The form of the Afrikaans language spoken by Cape Coloured people
Ancestry of “Kaaps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | Kaaps | Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope |
| 2 | Dutch | Kaaps | of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope |
| 3 | Dutch | kaap | cape, headland |
| 4 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |