Where does “chalupa” come from?
chalupa (English) comes from Spanish chalupa, from French chaloupé, from Middle French chaloppe, from Old French eschalope, from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
chalupa (English): A shallop from Xochimilco; A specialty food of...
Definitions
- A shallop from Xochimilco; A specialty food of...
Ancestry of “chalupa”, step by step
chalupa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish chalupa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chalupa | shallop, sloop, launch; flip-flop, slipper,... |
| 2 | French | chaloupé | swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper |
| 3 | Middle French | chaloppe | nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat |
| 4 | Old French | eschalope | shell; pod, shell, nutshell |
| 5 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |