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Where does “chipa” come from?

chipa (Ido) comes from English cheap, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

chipa (Ido): cheap

Definitions

  1. cheap

Ancestry of “chipa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheapTrade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering; A market;...
2Middle Englishchep—
3Old Englishcēapcattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...
4Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
5Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
6LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
7Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

Words derived from “chipa”

  • ĉipa
  • chipigar
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