{"id":23771,"date":"2024-11-13T14:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23771"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:28:59","slug":"kaput-capes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23771","title":{"rendered":"Kaput Capes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does the word <strong>kaput<\/strong> have to do with words like <strong>cape<\/strong>, <strong>chapter<\/strong> and <strong>cap<\/strong>? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/73225029@N02\/7658899250\/in\/photolist-2ij9fz4-2jcgbX8-28vnTkw-2oz9aB8-goggs-dRpt1r-73wpB3-cEMRV5-U25dn5-9QUA4Z-6mxvRU-Sqme2f-2mc7cuc-5auufK-74GSkX-2kCCW7Q-7R3XGu-ert9i-2hEwzGm-4Z9DKh-5Uwwig-2mFUudg-XAATQ-86z3F-ay1fLh-2kjEXut-2hEsL8A-8cDTz-rYFyD-7bMmQk-6yfLXY-4WhQtY-H63wG8-8cDSg-2o5YCLF-64w8Hc-5BPPLs-6jKXj9-2eJFYJ7-2mFVGDG-UpE1xz-63b1iN-bEEtmR-sdZZy-MLhLw-2kHY27J-2kjEUZo-2kVSYFt-2mFUG3T-5ayAF1\" title=\"KAPUTT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8286\/7658899250_aaccb717da_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"KAPUTT\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaput<\/strong> [k\u0259\u02c8p\u028at] refers to something that is out of order or not working in English. It was borrowed from German <strong>kaputt<\/strong> (destroyed, broken, out of order, tired, exhausted), which comes from the French phrase <strong>\u00eatre capot<\/strong> (not having won any trick in a card game). The origin of this phrase is uncertain, but <strong>capot<\/strong> (bonnet, hood) comes from Old French <em>capote<\/em> (hooded cloak) a diminutive of <em>cape<\/em> (cape), from Late Latin <em>cappa<\/em> (cape, cloak), possibly from Latin <em>capitul\u0101re<\/em> (head tax, poll tax), from <em>caput<\/em> (head, top, summit, point, end), from Proto-Italic <em>*kaput<\/em> (head), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*k\u00e1put-<\/em> (head), from <em>*kap<\/em> (head, bowl, cup) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/kaput#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hennings_zauberfotos\/33590037840\/in\/photolist-2pPTk1K-2jkMi4F-TbeHZs-cX8E5d-2pVVW2N-2o66BDo-2pW1BCx-HEQjF-9wcoVw-9w9kYt-q9Bku2-pSdtBy-9wcqes-2iGuPiE-9w9kke-SDNGri-9wcocY-CfZSzE-7SoRai-9wcnrm-GGtFFn-MQrNVd-2dUr9Cw-nYRZX3-28zY5bF-9w9ov2-GMskBh-2ibt5Am-S6bxxr-pateHR-paGUMC-g4gPd-28zY31Z-bCX2rb-nGumao-b7tfUa-g4gPc-5VY15t-2kh28aW-2kiqccV-28zY4aT\" title=\"Beach next to Cape of good hope\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2829\/33590037840_7b82c01291_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" alt=\"Beach next to Cape of good hope\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cape<\/strong>, as in a sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, comes from French <em>cape<\/em> (cape), from Old Occitan <em>capa<\/em>, from Late Latin <em>cappa<\/em> (cape, cloak), ultimately from PIE <em>*k\u00e1put-<\/em> (head) &#8211; see above. <strong>Cape<\/strong>, as in a promontory or headland, comes from the same roots, via Middle English <em>cape<\/em>, Old French <em>cap<\/em> (cape, headland) and Latin <em>caput<\/em> (head, top, etc) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cape#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/joeyz51\/51856861427\/in\/photolist-ctCSa-ctCS7-2n1pYfV-2eF2Vow-JUGUc-6cy3PE-i2Ju8-2n1pYeH-LrPUXR-SuVTm4-4MAsHS-aPDLFZ-cDdy8w-XZRgRf-9bQ3fx-26Z8Qkb-ebeDs5-22y66PH-9sspPA-24RzC3t-ydBmiq-26T9amR-4L2aXS-VcNHQf-7yipNj-27Mv281-L8qiRY-9AfAhb-7EQkdX-G5msw-XmxKau-4HHeeX-FCbXZH-7EUb23-sa1Zm2-7EUaMh-7EQk5e-9rE96a-2oz5ZD9-7EQk2i-5F7FEX-Nd4oCc-2n7E59K-7vMuns-5F7FFt-agFybD-4veNRD-qjpTfV\" title=\"Chapter I...Down The Rabbit Hole\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51856861427_b85004560c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Chapter I...Down The Rabbit Hole\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter<\/strong> (one of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided) comes from Middle English <em>chapitre<\/em> (chapter, passage, section of a book), from Old French <em>chapitre<\/em> (chapter), from Latin <em>capitulum<\/em> (a chapter of a book), a diminutive of <em>caput<\/em> (head, top, etc) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/chapter#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kesta\/3259386576\/in\/photolist-5Y2d5h-5CFgZG-seakz3-4wMvPy-4wMvd5-8wscbr-qn3X9s-KDLyk-o5mpf-dizmGc-bhWBHB-4nC82y-o7gD83-bk6KvU-75SuET-6gj6a7-5CFeHh-4jwGSJ-amY8V1-axQsWE-aBk5JT-bmNzxW-99sF7P-98tc19-9Fsnp-CdeaTg-wiyMoh-zEppg-7XLTAs-aboDSr-5CFiMj-Baw7r-ppZScf-5L6t7q-aquTpX-oZGyyg-efpPSN-f1J8AS-6tCAqo-NKctHp-rGwMxC-bfGaei-kB13TX-6wNtuz-9wUTnp-fyGuHB-2B3fM-5cYiq7-613DiS-cXhyT7\" title=\"Happy Truck Day!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3437\/3259386576_529c31493b_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Happy Truck Day!\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cap<\/strong> (a close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked) comes from Middle English <em>cappe<\/em> (cap, hat), from Old English <em>c\u00e6ppe<\/em> (hat, hood), from Proto-West Germanic <em>*kapp\u0101<\/em> (covering, hood, mantle), from Late Latin <em>cappa<\/em> (cape, cloak),  from Latin <em>caput<\/em> (head, top, etc)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cap#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>So they all share a common root, the PIE <em>*k\u00e1put-<\/em> (head) and arrived in modern English by various different routes.<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same root include <strong>cadet<\/strong>, <strong>capital<\/strong> and <strong>captain<\/strong>, <strong>chef<\/strong>,  <strong>chief(tain)<\/strong> and <strong>head<\/strong> in English; <strong>hoofd<\/strong> (head, chief, boss) in Dutch;  <strong>huvud<\/strong> (head) in Swedish; <strong>capo<\/strong> (head, boss, chief, leader) in Italian; <strong>cadeau<\/strong> (present, gift) in French, and <strong>cap\u0103t<\/strong> (termination, end, extremity) in Romanian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/k%C3%A1put\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the word kaput have to do with words like cape, chapter and cap? Let&#8217;s find out. Kaput [k\u0259\u02c8p\u028at] refers to something that is out of order or not working in English. It was borrowed from German kaputt (destroyed, broken, out of order, tired, exhausted), which comes from the French phrase \u00eatre capot (not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,104,107,111,116,128,10,302,15,26,32,33,34,45,46,202,51,67,78],"tags":[307,305,308,158,303,304,138,281],"class_list":["post-23771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-german","category-italian","category-language","category-late-latin","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-occitan","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-italic","category-proto-west-germanic","category-romanian","category-swedish","category-words-and-phrases","tag-cap","tag-cape","tag-chapter","tag-etymology","tag-kaput","tag-kaputt","tag-language","tag-omniglot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23774,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771\/revisions\/23774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}