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Where does “chopiner” come from?

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

chopiner (French): to tope

Definitions

  1. to tope

Ancestry of “chopiner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchchopineA French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to...
2Middle Frenchchapin—
3Old Spanishchapín—
4Old Spanishchapaplate

Words derived from “chopiner”

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