Where does “cape” come from?
cape (French) comes from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα, from Phoenician 𐤊, from Egyptian 𓂧.
cape (French): cape; first-person singular present indicative of...
Definitions
- cape; first-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “cape”, step by step
cape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Occitan capa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | capa | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | cappa | cape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάππα | kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the... |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤊 | kaph; kap |
| 5 | Egyptian | 𓂧 | — |
via Latin cāppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 2 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “cape”