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Where does “handicap” come from?

handicap (Spanish) comes from English handicap, from English hand in cap.

handicap (Spanish): handicap

Definitions

  1. handicap

Ancestry of “handicap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhandicapSomething that prevents, hampers, or hinders; An...
2Englishhand in cap—
Every word from English hand in cap →