Where does “napestrap” come from?
napestrap (English) comes from English nape, from English napalm, from English naphthenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
napestrap (English): A strip of leather or material used to hold a hat or helmet to the nape
Definitions
- A strip of leather or material used to hold a hat or helmet to the nape
Ancestry of “napestrap”, step by step
napestrap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nape | The back part of the neck; The part of a fish or... |
| 2 | English | napalm | A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed... |
| 3 | English | naphthenic | Of, pertaining to, or derived from a naphthene |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English strap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strap | A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth,... |
| 2 | English | strope | loop on a harness |
| 3 | Middle English | strope | — |
| 4 | Old French | estrope | strap, loop on a harness |
| 5 | Latin | stroppus | strap, band, thong; garter; wreath |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρόφος | thong; rope; twisted band, cord |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄνθος | flower, blossom, bloom; froth, scum; bloom, peak |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ántʰos | flower, blossom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éndʰos | bloom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |