Where does “chaloppe” come from?

chaloppe (Middle French) comes from Old French eschalope, from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

chaloppe (Middle French): nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat

Definitions

  1. nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat

Ancestry of “chaloppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschalopeshell; pod, shell, nutshell
2Old Frencheschaleshell
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “chaloppe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →