chape

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcaput“the head”
2. Latin · derived fromcappa
3. Old French · derived fromchape“a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape”
4. Middle English · inherited fromchape
5. English todaychape

From Middle English chape, from Old French chape (“a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape”), from Latin cappa, itself derived from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cap, cape, and cope.

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