Where does “capotare” come from?
capotare (Italian) comes from Romanian capotă, from French capoter, from Old French capote, from Old French cape, from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα, from Phoenician 𐤊, from Egyptian 𓂧.
capotare (Italian): Alternative form of cappottare
Definitions
- Alternative form of cappottare
Ancestry of “capotare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | capotă | — |
| 2 | French | capoter | to overturn; to derail; to fail |
| 3 | Old French | capote | hooded cloak |
| 4 | Old French | cape | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | cappa | cape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάππα | kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤊 | kaph; kap |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓂧 | — |