Where does “escapade” come from?
escapade (French) comes from Old Spanish escapada, from Old Spanish escapar, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
escapade (French): the act of escaping; a trick
Definitions
- the act of escaping; a trick
Ancestry of “escapade”, step by step
escapade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish escapada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | escapada | — |
| 2 | Old Spanish | escapar | to escape |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Spanish escapada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | escapada | escape, breakout; flight; break, trip, jaunt,... |