Where does “chopine” come from?

chopine (English) comes from French chopine, from Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish chapín, from Old Spanish chapa — plate.

chopine (English): A bottle of wine containing 0.250 fluid liters,...

Definitions

  1. A bottle of wine containing 0.250 fluid liters,...

Ancestry of “chopine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchchopineA French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to...
2Middle Frenchchapin—
3Old Spanishchapín—
4Old Spanishchapaplate
Every word from Old Spanish chapa →Every word from Old Spanish chapín →Every word from Middle French chapin →
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