Where does “frappuccino” come from?

frappuccino (English) comes from English cappuccino, from Italian cappuccino, from Italian cappuccio, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

frappuccino (English): An iced cappuccino

Definitions

  1. An iced cappuccino

Ancestry of “frappuccino”, step by step

frappuccino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cappuccino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcappuccinoAn Italian coffee-based beverage made from...
2ItaliancappuccinoCapuchin; cappuccino; French letter, rubber...
3Italiancappucciohood; cowl; top
4Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via English frappé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfrappéA frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer; A...
2Frenchfrappébeaten, hit; past participle of frapper; downbeat
3Old Frenchfraperto hit; to strike
4Frankishhrapōnto jerk; snatch; to snatch, scuffle; to snatch
5Proto-Germanichrapōnąto scratch, scrape
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb(h)-
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “frappuccino

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput