Where does “chopine” come from?

chopine (French) comes from Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish chapín, from Old Spanish chapa — plate.

chopine (French): A French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to...

Definitions

  1. A French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to...

Ancestry of “chopine”, step by step

chopine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French chapin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchchapin—
2Old Spanishchapín—
3Old Spanishchapaplate

via French chope

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchopetankard, mug; beer, quick beer, quick one;...
2Alemannic GermanSchoppe—

Words derived from “chopine”

Every word from Old Spanish chapa →Every word from Old Spanish chapín →Every word from Middle French chapin →