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Where does “shap” come from?

shap (Middle English) comes from Old English ġesceap, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskap.

Ancestry of “shap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġesceapshape, form, created being, creature, creation,...
2Proto-West Germanic*gaskap—

Words derived from “shap”

  • shape
  • shapeless
  • reshape
  • misshapen
  • shapen
  • shipshape
  • lineshape
  • shapelessness
  • shapefile
  • handshape
  • shapeshifter
  • waveshape
  • unshapen
  • shapeshift
  • shapelessly
  • misshape
  • eigenshape
  • preshape
  • shapechanger
  • shapeth
  • shapechanging
  • misshapenness
  • shapable
  • shapest
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