Where does “capotă” come from?

capotă (Romanian) comes from French capoter, from Old French capote, from Old French cape, from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα, from Phoenician 𐤊, from Egyptian 𓂧.

capotă (Romanian): hood

Definitions

  1. hood

Ancestry of “capotă”, step by step

capotă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French capoter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapoterto overturn; to derail; to fail
2Old Frenchcapotehooded cloak
3Old Frenchcape
4Late Latincappacape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak
5Ancient Greekκάππαkappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the...
6Phoenician𐤊kaph; kap
7Egyptian𓂧

via French capote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapotegreatcoat; soft top; Ellipsis of capote anglaise
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankauput-
4Proto-Indo-Europeankapōlohead, bowl

Words derived from “capotă

Every word from Egyptian 𓂧Every word from Phoenician 𐤊Every word from Ancient Greek κάππα
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