Where does “chapa” come from?

chapa (Ladino) comes from Ottoman Turkish چاپه, from Italian zappa, from Latin sappa — a sort of mattock.

chapa (Ladino): pickaxe

Definitions

  1. pickaxe

Ancestry of “chapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچاپهhoe, an agricultural tool used for digging rows
2Italianzappaan agricultural implement, such as a hoe;...
3Latinsappaa sort of mattock
Every word from Latin sappa →
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