English
chalupa
Chalupa comes from Spanish chalupa ‘shallop, sloop, launch’, and goes back to Old French eschalope ‘shell’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400eschalope‘shell’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentchaloupe‘launch’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentchalupa‘shallop, sloop, launch’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400eschalope‘shell’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentchaloupe‘launch’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentchalupa‘shallop, sloop, launch’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
Earliest quotation: 2018, Dotty Griffith, The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook: “The Tex-Mex–style chalupas I'm most familiar with are built…”
Linked words
through Old French eschalope ‘shell’
Today it means
noun A shallop (light boat) from Xochimilco.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French eschalope / chalupa