Where does “chalouper” come from?
chalouper (French) comes from French chaloupé, 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.
chalouper (French): to sway, to rock
Definitions
- to sway, to rock
Ancestry of “chalouper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chaloupé | swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper |
| 2 | Middle French | chaloppe | nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat |
| 3 | Old French | eschalope | shell; pod, shell, nutshell |
| 4 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |