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Where does “chaped” come from?

chaped (English) comes from English chapé, from Middle English chape, from Old French chape, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

chaped (English): Furnished with a chape or chapes

Definitions

  1. Furnished with a chape or chapes

Ancestry of “chaped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchapéA division of the field, used in French heraldry,...
2Middle Englishchape—
3Old Frenchchapecape
4Latincāppa—
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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