Where does “çapa” come from?

çapa (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چاپه, from Italian zappa, from Latin sappa — a sort of mattock.

çapa (Turkish): hoe

Definitions

  1. hoe

Ancestry of “çapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچاپهhoe, an agricultural tool used for digging rows
2Italianzappaan agricultural implement, such as a hoe;...
3Latinsappaa sort of mattock
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