Where does “échappement” come from?
échappement (French) comes from French échapper, from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin excappo, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
échappement (French): exhaust pipe; escape; escapement
Definitions
- exhaust pipe; escape; escapement
Ancestry of “échappement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | échapper | to escape (from), evade |
| 2 | Middle French | eschapper | to escape; to evade; to escape |
| 3 | Old French | eschaper | to evade; to avoid |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excappo | to escape; I escape |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |