Where does “eșapament” come from?
eșapament (Romanian) comes from French échappement, from French échapper, from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin excappo, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
eșapament (Romanian): exhaust
Definitions
- exhaust
Ancestry of “eșapament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | échappement | exhaust pipe; escape; escapement |
| 2 | French | échapper | to escape (from), evade |
| 3 | Middle French | eschapper | to escape; to evade; to escape |
| 4 | Old French | eschaper | to evade; to avoid |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | excappo | to escape; I escape |
| 6 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |