Where does “chapear” come from?

chapear (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chapa, 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.

chapear (Portuguese): to plate with metal

Definitions

  1. to plate with metal

Ancestry of “chapear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechapaplate; X-ray; ticket
2Frenchchapecape, cloak; cope, cappa; gin block
3Old Frenchchapecape
4Latincāppacape, cloak
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →