Etymology

cappa

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Today it means: The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain. Full definition →

Late Latin cappa
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The story

  1. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromcappa
  2. English todaycappa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capa and cape.

Words from the same roots

Late Latincappa all →

capecapescapecappuccinocapuchin

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