Where does “chapa” come from?

chapa (Portuguese) comes from French chape, from Old French chape, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

chapa (Portuguese): plate; X-ray; ticket

Definitions

  1. plate; X-ray; ticket

Ancestry of “chapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchapecape, cloak; cope, cappa; gin block
2Old Frenchchapecape
3Latincāppacape, cloak
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “chapa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →