Where does “Kapelle” come from?
Kapelle (German) comes from Middle High German kappelle, from Old High German kappella, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Kapelle (German): chapel; band, ensemble
Definitions
- chapel; band, ensemble
Ancestry of “Kapelle”, step by step
Kapelle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German kappelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | kappelle | — |
| 2 | Old High German | kappella | — |
| 3 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Italian cappella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cappella | A chapel; A choir and accompanying musicians... |
| 2 | Italian | cappello | hat |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | capellus | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cappa | cape, sleeveless coat |
| 5 | Latin | capitulare | head tax |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |