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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

  1. to escape; to evade; to escape

Ancestry of “eschapper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschaperto evade; to avoid
2Vulgar Latinexcappoto escape; I escape
3Latincāppa—
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “eschapper”

  • réchapper
  • échapper
  • échappement
  • echapperen
  • chape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →