Where does “clapier” come from?

clapier (Old French) comes from Old Occitan clapier, from Old Occitan clap, from Medieval Latin claperius.

clapier (Old French): brothel

Definitions

  1. brothel

Ancestry of “clapier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanclapierrabbit hutch
2Old Occitanclapheap of stones
3Medieval Latinclaperius—

Words derived from “clapier”

Every word from Medieval Latin claperius →Every word from Old Occitan clap →Every word from Old Occitan clapier →