Where does “chaloupe” come from?
chaloupe (French) comes from Middle French chaloppe, from Old French eschalope, from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
chaloupe (French): swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper
Definitions
- swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper
Ancestry of “chaloupe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | chaloppe | nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat |
| 2 | Old French | eschalope | shell; pod, shell, nutshell |
| 3 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |