Where does “eschapper” come from?
eschapper (Middle French) comes from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin excappo, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
eschapper (Middle French): to escape; to evade; to escape
Definitions
- to escape; to evade; to escape
Ancestry of “eschapper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | eschaper | to evade; to avoid |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | excappo | to escape; I escape |
| 3 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “eschapper”