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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of cape" class="word__name--TTbAA">cape<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.1)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"sleeveless cloak, circular covering for the shoulders," a Spanish style, late 16c., from French <span class="foreign notranslate">cape</span>, from Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">capa</span>, from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">cappa</span> "hooded cloak" (see <a href="/word/cap#etymonline_v_694" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cap " class="crossreference notranslate">cap</a> (n.), which is a doublet). Late Old English had <span class="foreign notranslate">capa</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">cæppe</span> "cloak with a hood," directly from Latin.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2016c.">late 16c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_699" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of cape" class="word__name--TTbAA">cape<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.2)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"promontory, piece of land jutting into a sea or lake," late 14c., from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">cap</span> "cape; head," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">caput</span> "headland, head" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*kaput-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *kaput- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*kaput-</a> "head"). The Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa has been <span class="foreign notranslate">the Cape</span> since 1660s. Old sailors called low cloud banks that could be mistaken for landforms on the horizon <span class="foreign notranslate">Cape fly-away</span> (1769).</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2014c.">late 14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to cape">Entries linking to <i>cape</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cap" href="/word/cap#etymonline_v_694">cap<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">cæppe</span> "hood, head-covering, cape," a general Germanic borrowing (compare Old Frisian and Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">kappe</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">chappa</span>) from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">cappa</span> "a cape, hooded cloak" (source of Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">capa</span>, Old North French <span class="foreign notranslate">cape</span>, French <span class="foreign notranslate">chape</span>), a word of uncertain origin. Possibly a shortened from <span class="foreign notranslate">capitulare</span> "headdress," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">caput</span> "head" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*kaput-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *kaput- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*kaput-</a> "head").</p> <p>The Late Latin word apparently originally meant "a woman's head-covering," but the sense was transferred to "hood of a cloak," then to "cloak" itself, though the various senses co-existed. Old English took in two forms of the Late Latin word, one meaning "head-covering," the other "ecclesiastical dress" (see <a href="/word/cape#etymonline_v_698" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cape " class="crossreference notranslate">cape</a> (n.1)). In most Romance languages, a diminutive of Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">cappa</span> has become the usual word for "head-covering" (such as French <span class="foreign notranslate">chapeau</span>).</p> <p>The meaning "soft, small, close-fitted head covering" in English is from early 13c., originally for women; extended to men late 14c.; extended to cap-like coverings on the ends of anything (as in <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>hubcap</strong></span>) from mid-15c. The meaning "contraceptive device" is by 1916.</p> <p>The meaning "cap-shaped piece of copper lined with gunpowder and used to ignite a firearm" is by 1825, hence <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>cap-gun</strong></span> (1855); extended to paper strips used in toy pistols by 1872 (<span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>cap-pistol</strong></span> is from 1879).</p> <p>Figurative <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>thinking cap</strong></span> is from 1839 (<span class="foreign notranslate">considering cap</span> is 1650s). <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Cap and bells</strong></span> (1781) was the insignia of a fool; <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>cap and gown</strong></span> (1732) of a scholar. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>set one's cap at</strong></span> or <span class="foreign notranslate">for</span> (1773) means "use measures to gain the regard or affection of," usually in reference to a woman seeking a man's courtship.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of capote" href="/word/capote#etymonline_v_27679">capote<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"large cloak with a hood," 1812, from French <span class="foreign notranslate">capote</span>, fem. of <span class="foreign notranslate">capot</span> (17c.), diminutive of <span class="foreign notranslate">cape</span> (see <a href="/word/cape#etymonline_v_698" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cape " class="crossreference notranslate">cape</a> (n.1)).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of carapace" href="/word/carapace"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">carapace</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of coping" href="/word/coping"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">coping</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *kaput-" href="/word/*kaput-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*kaput-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/cape/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->5<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of cape">Trends of <i>cape</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of coping" href="/word/coping"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">coping<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1600 as an architectural term, "the top or cover of a wall, usually sloped to shed water," a specialized use of cope (n.), the cape-like vestment worn by priests, which is a a variant of cape (n.1). Cope (v.) "to provide (someone) with a cope or cloak" is attested from late 14</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ness" href="/word/ness"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">ness<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"point of land running into the sea," obsolete except in place names (Holderness, Dungeness, etc.) and surnames, Old English næs (West Saxon, Northumbrian), nes (Mercian, Kentish), "a promontory," related to nasu "nose" (from PIE root *nas- "nose"). Cognate with and probably part</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of mantle" href="/word/mantle"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">mantle<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English mentel "a loose, sleeveless garment worn as an outer covering, falling in straight lines from the shoulders," from Latin mantellum "cloak" (source of Italian mantello, Old High German mantal, German Mantel, Old Norse mötull), perhaps from a Celtic source, or, if the L</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of escape" href="/word/escape"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">escape<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">escaper, Old French eschaper (12c., Modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappare, literally "get out of one's cape..., leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + Late Latin cappa "mantle" (see cap (n.))....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of chapel" href="/word/chapel"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">chapel<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">(12c., Modern French chapelle), from Medieval Latin capella, cappella "chapel, sanctuary for relics," literally "little cape...," diminutive of Late Latin cappa "cape" (see cap (n.))....By tradition, the name is originally in reference to the sanctuary in France in which the miraculous cape of St....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cloak" href="/word/cloak"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">cloak<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">sleeves," from Old North French cloque (Old French cloche, cloke) "traveling cloak," from Medieval Latin clocca "travelers' cape...Cloak-and-dagger (adj.) attested from 1848, said to be ultimately translating French de cape et d'épée, suggestive of stealthy...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of caparison" href="/word/caparison"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">caparison<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">perhaps from augmentative of Old Provençal caparasso "a mantle with a hood," or Medieval Latin caparo, the name of a type of cape...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of tongue" href="/word/tongue"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">tongue<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer"> Old English tunge "tongue, organ of speech; 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