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

cape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French cap

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

via French cape

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	cape	cape; first-person singular present indicative of...
2	Old Occitan	capa	—
3	Late Latin	cappa	cape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak
4	Ancient Greek	κάππα	kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the...
5	Phoenician	𐤊	kaph; kap
6	Egyptian	𓂧	—

Words derived from “cape”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →