Where does “scape” come from?
Scape comes from Latin scapus, from Ancient Greek σκᾶπος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep-, a root meaning to cut or scrape.
scape (English): A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root;...
Definitions
- A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root;...
Ancestry of “scape”, step by step
scape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English scapen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scapen | — |
| 2 | Middle English | escapen | — |
| 3 | Old French | escaper | Alternative form of eschaper |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |