Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”). Compare Old Norse kobbi (“islet, small cape”). Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth. For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa).
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- Root classification mention*kap-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentioncapeenm
- Derivation mentioncapfro · cape, headland
- Derivation mentioncaputla · head
- Cognate mentionkobbinon
- Doublet mentioncapoen
- Doublet mentioncaputen
- Doublet mentionchefen
- Doublet mentionchiefen
- Doublet mentionheaden
- Doublet mentionHowthen
- Non-cognate comparisonnessen · a promontory point, cape
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