Etymology

capper

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Today it means: A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles. Full definition →

Middle English capper
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capper · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcapper
  2. English todaycapper

From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap + -er.

capper · noun2

Abbreviated form of capture + -er.

capper · noun3

  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. Englishcap
  16. English todaycapper

From cap + -er.

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