Where does “zapata” come from?

zapata (Spanish) comes from Spanish zapato, from Old Spanish çapato — shoe.

zapata (Spanish): brake shoe; washer

Definitions

  1. brake shoe; washer

Ancestry of “zapata”, step by step

zapata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish zapato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishzapatoshoe
2Old Spanishçapatoshoe

via Old French savate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsavateslipper

Words derived from “zapata”

Every word from Old Spanish çapato →Every word from Spanish zapato →