scape

scape · noun¹

1. grc-dor · derived fromσκᾶπος
2. Latin · borrowed fromscāpus
3. English todayscape

From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft.

scape · verb, noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromscapen
2. English todayscape

From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper.

scape · noun³

Probably imitative.

Words from the same roots