myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of escapar

Etymology of the Portuguese word escapar

the Portuguese word escapar

derived from the Vulgar Latin word excappare

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

derived from the Latin word cappa (cape, cloak, cassock)

derived from the Greek word kappa, κάππα

English escape, French échapper, French escaper, Italian scampare, Provençal escapar, Spanish escapar