Etymology

capote

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Today it means: A long coat or cloak with a hood. Full definition →

French capote
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromcapote
  2. English todaycapote

Borrowed from French capote. Doublet of capot and kaput.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcapote all →

cappokapota

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