Where does “ceap” come from?

ceap (Irish) comes from French cèpe, from Latin cippus — stake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,...

ceap (Irish): stock; block, base; pad

Definitions

  1. stock; block, base; pad

Ancestry of “ceap”, step by step

ceap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cèpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcèpecep, porcini
2Latincippusstake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark,...

via Middle Irish cepp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishcepptree stump; stock

Words derived from “ceap”

Every word from Latin cippus →Every word from French cèpe →