cap

cap · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
4. Proto-Italic*kaput
5. Latincaput
6. Latincapitulum
7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
9. Latincapitulāre?
10. Late Latincappa
11. Proto-West Germanic*kappā
12. Proto-West Germanic*kappijā
13. Old Englishcæppe
14. Middle Englishcappe
15. English todaycap

Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope.

cap · noun, verb²

Various clippings from longer words beginning with the three letters.

cap · noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kuppaz
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kopp
3. Old English · derived fromcopp“a cup, vessel”
4. Middle English · derived fromcop
5. Scots · borrowed fromcap
6. English todaycap

From Scots cap, an alteration of earlier cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English copp (“a cup, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

Cap · proper noun⁴

Clipping of captain.

Cap · noun⁵

Clipping of Capricorn.

Words from the same roots