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Where does “cepar” come from?

cepar (Galician) comes from Galician cepa, from Old Portuguese cepa, from Latin cippus — stake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,...

cepar (Galician): to pollard, to lop, to prune

Definitions

  1. to pollard, to lop, to prune

Ancestry of “cepar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancepastump; also the trunk of a living tree that has...
2Old Portuguesecepa—
3Latincippusstake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,...
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