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Where does “capote” come from?

capote (English) comes from French capote, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capote (English): A long coat or cloak with a hood; A coat made...

Definitions

  1. A long coat or cloak with a hood; A coat made...

Ancestry of “capote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapotegreatcoat; soft top; Ellipsis of capote anglaise
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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