Where does “shallop” come from?
Shallop comes from French chaloupe, from Dutch sloep, from Middle French chaloppe, from Old French eschale, from Latin scala, ultimately from Latin scandere meaning to climb.
shallop (English): A kind of light boat; a dinghy; A kind of large...
Definitions
- A kind of light boat; a dinghy; A kind of large...
Ancestry of “shallop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chaloupé | swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper |
| 2 | Middle French | chaloppe | nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat |
| 3 | Old French | eschalope | shell; pod, shell, nutshell |
| 4 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |