Where does “capon” come from?

Capon comes from Old English capūn, a castrated rooster or cock.

capon (English): A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for...

Definitions

  1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for...

Ancestry of “capon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcapounA capon; a cooked castrated cockerel; A eunuch; a...
2Old Englishcapūncapon a gelded cockerel

Words derived from “capon”

Every word from Old English capūn →Every word from Middle English capoun →