Where does “chape” come from?
chape (Haitian Creole) comes from French échapper, from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin excappo, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
chape (Haitian Creole): escape
Ancestry of “chape”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | échapper | to escape , evade; to drop an object... |
| 2 | Middle French | eschapper | to escape; to evade; to escape |
| 3 | Old French | eschaper | to evade; to avoid |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excappo | to escape; I escape |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 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 |