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.
kapuuni (Finnish): capon
Ancestry of “kapuuni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | chapon | capon; a castrated cockerel or the meat thereof;... |
| 2 | Middle French | chappon | capon |
| 3 | Old French | chapon | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cappo | — |
| 5 | Latin | cāpō | — |