Where does “chapeau” come from?
Chapeau comes from French chapeau, from Middle French chappeau, from Latin cappa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kauput- meaning head.
chapeau (English): A hat; A cap of maintenance; The mass of grape...
Definitions
- A hat; A cap of maintenance; The mass of grape...
Ancestry of “chapeau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | chappeau | hat |
| 2 | Old French | chapel | hat |
| 3 | Late Latin | cappellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “chapeau”