Where does “cape” come from?
Cape comes from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, ultimately from Latin capitālis meaning "of the head," which derived from Latin caput meaning "head."
cape (English): A piece or point of land, extending beyond the...
Definitions
- A piece or point of land, extending beyond the...
Ancestry of “cape”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 2 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “cape”