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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

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

Words derived from “chopine”

  • chopin
  • chopiner
  • chopine
Every word from Old Spanish chapa →