Where does “escapade” come from?
escapade (Galician) comes from Galician escapar, from Old Portuguese 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 (Galician): second-person plural imperative of escapar
Definitions
- second-person plural imperative of escapar
Ancestry of “escapade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | escapar | to escape; to get away; to get out |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | escapar | — |
| 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 |