Where does “quapa” come from?
quapa (English) comes from English hapa, from Hawaiian hapa, from English half, from Middle English half, from Old English healf, from Proto-Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
quapa (English): A person who is one-quarter East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander by descent; the offspring of a hapa parent and a white parent
Definitions
- A person who is one-quarter East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander by descent; the offspring of a hapa parent and a white parent
Ancestry of “quapa”, step by step
quapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hapa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hapa | A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially... |
| 2 | Hawaiian | hapa | half of something; someone who has Hawaiian... |
| 3 | English | half | Consisting of a half; Consisting of some... |
| 4 | Middle English | half | half |
| 5 | Old English | healf | side; half; partly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *halb | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via English quarter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarter | "A fourth part of something."; "Place or... |
| 2 | Middle English | quarter | A quarter fourth part of something |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | quarter | — |
| 4 | Latin | quartarius | quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L |
| 5 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |