Etymology of the French word capuchon
the French word
capuchonderived from the French word
capuchederived from the Italian word
cappuccioderived from the Italian word
cappaderived from the Latin word
cappa (cape, cloak, cassock)
derived from the Greek word
kappa, κάππα
Date
The earliest known usage of capuchon in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
capuchonné,
décapuchonner,
encapuchonner,
capuchonnerDerivations in other languages
Romanian
capişonCognates
Dutch
kapen, Dutch
kap, Dutch
kappen, English
cap, German
kapern, German
Kappe, German
kappen, German
Kapuze, Icelandic
kápe, Norwegian
kapre, Norwegian
kappe, Swedish
kapa, Swedish
kappa, Swedish
kapuschong
