Where does “chapeo” come from?
chapeo (Spanish) comes from French chapeau, from Middle French chappeau, from Old French chapel, from Late Latin cappellus, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
chapeo (Spanish): hat
Ancestry of “chapeo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | chapeau | hat; introductory text; lead of an article |
| 2 | Middle French | chappeau | hat |
| 3 | Old French | chapel | hat |
| 4 | Late Latin | cappellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |