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Where does “ceap” come from?

ceap (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

ceap (Old English): cattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...

Definitions

  1. cattle, purchase, sale, traffic, business,...

Ancestry of “ceap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
2Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

Words derived from “ceap”

  • cheap
  • cheaply
  • cheapness
  • Cheapside
  • cheapen
  • cheapskate
  • cheapo
  • cheapie
  • cheapjack
  • cheapish
  • supercheap
  • ultracheap
  • cheapener
  • cheapass
  • cheapshit
  • cheapoid
  • ĉipa
  • チープ
  • chepen
  • chepe
  • chapien
  • cheap
  • chep
  • cheep
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