Where does “Chopin” come from?

Chopin (French) comes from French chopine, from Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish chapín, from Old Spanish chapa — plate.

Ancestry of “Chopin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchchopineA French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to...
2Middle Frenchchapin
3Old Spanishchapín
4Old Spanishchapaplate

Words derived from “Chopin

Every word from Old Spanish chapaEvery word from Old Spanish chapínEvery word from Middle French chapin