Where does “kapuuni” come from?

kapuuni (Finnish) comes from French chapon, from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, from Vulgar Latin cappo, from Latin cāpō — a capon.

kapuuni (Finnish): capon

Definitions

  1. capon

Ancestry of “kapuuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchaponcapon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof;...
2Middle Frenchchapponcapon
3Old Frenchchapon—
4Vulgar Latincappo—
5Latincāpōa capon
Every word from Latin cāpō →Every word from Vulgar Latin cappo →Every word from Old French chapon →