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Cappa

Cappa

ae f

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What it meant

cappa — Walde–Hofmann

cappa, -ae f. „eine Art Kopfbedeckung (53, Greg. Tur., Demin. -ellus ,pilleus" Gl., rom.), au „Mantel* (Cl, mlat., rom.; vgl. cappella. „Mäntelchen‘ > ,Kapelle*, Meyer-Lübke n. 1644), urspr. wohl „Mantel mit Kapuze“: unerklürt. Kaum nach Thurneysen Thes. Kurzform zu cepitul-äre, -um im Sinne von „Kopfbedeckung*, da die Bed. „Mantel“ wohl eine weitere Gbd. erfordert, — Nicht mit Wood AJPh. 48, 320 aus *gatuà : an. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cappa, p. 194]

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cappa (scan p. 121; entry #1747).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cappa (scan p. 194; entry #557).

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