Where does “chaloupé” come from?
chaloupé (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- — to jump up, ascend.
chaloupé (French): swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper
Definitions
- swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper
Ancestry of “chaloupé”, step by step
chaloupé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French chaloppe
| 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 | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Middle French chaloupe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | chaloupe | — |
| 2 | Old French | escalope | shell |
| 3 | Old French | escale | shell |
| 4 | Old High German | skala | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skalō | shell; lump, ball |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |