LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

excappāre

*excappāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionto escape

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexcappāre

Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? Latin cappa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Latin *excappāre From ex- (“out”) + cappa (“cape, cloak”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescapar
  • Occitanescapar
  • Frenchéchapperfrom Old French eschaper
  • Englishescapefrom Old French eschaper
  • Englishscamperfrom Old French eschamper
  • Englishscampfrom Old French eschamper
  • Normanêcapperfrom Old French eschaper
  • Middle Frencheschamperfrom Old French eschamper
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianscappare
  • Italianscampare
  • Frenchescamperfrom Italian scampare
  • Neapolitanscappà
  • Sicilianscappari
  • Venetanscanpar
  • Sicilianscampari
  • Venetanscampar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseescaparfrom Old Galician-Portuguese escapar
  • Spanishescaparfrom Old Spanish escapar
  • Asturianescapar
  • Mirandesescapar
  • Falaescapalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese escapar
  • Galicianescaparfrom Old Galician-Portuguese escapar
  • Idoeskaparfrom Old Spanish escapar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianscăpa
  • Aromanianscãpari
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshscappar
  • Romanshscapar
  • Romanshscapper
  • Friulianscjampâ
  • Friuliansčhampâ
  • Romanshstgampar
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianscampâ

In English words that came into English from excappāre

  • escape*excappāre
  • scamp*excappare
  • scamper*excappare
  • scarper*excappāre

Quick answers

What does excappāre mean in Latin?
excappāre, a verb, means “to escape”.
Where does excappāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin excappāre.
Which English words come from excappāre?
English words that go back to Latin excappāre include escape, scamp, scamper and scarper.