Where does “karapas” come from?

karapas (Malay) comes from English carapace, from French carapace, from Spanish carapacho — carapace, shell; Stew served in the shell of...

karapas (Malay): carapace

Definitions

  1. carapace

Ancestry of “karapas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarapaceA hard protective covering of bone or chitin,...
2Frenchcarapaceshell
3Spanishcarapachocarapace, shell; Stew served in the shell of...
Every word from Spanish carapacho →Every word from French carapace →Every word from English carapace →
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