Where does “ape” come from?

Ape derives from Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-, of unknown ultimate meaning.

ape (English): A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally...

Definitions

  1. A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally...

Ancestry of “ape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishapeAn ape or monkey; a simian creature; A deceiver;...
2Old Englishapamonkey, ape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “ape”

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