Where does “capon” come from?

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

capon (French): cowardly; coward

Definitions

  1. cowardly; coward

Ancestry of “capon”, 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 →