The story
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*cappō
- Latin · derived fromcāpō, cāpōnem
- Old Northern French · derived fromcapon
- Old English · derived fromcapūn
- Middle English · inherited fromcapoun
- English todaycapon
Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.