English
chapel
Chapel comes from Late Latin cappella ‘little cloak; chapel’, a diminutive of cappa ‘cloak, cape’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcappa‘cloak’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEcappella‘little cloak; chapel’diminutive of cappa
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chapele‘chapel’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a chapel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1613–1614chapel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcappa‘cloak’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEcappella‘little cloak; chapel’diminutive of cappa
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chapele‘chapel’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a chapel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1613–1614chapel
Earliest quotation: 1613–1614, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: “give us the bones Of our dead kings, that…”
Linked words
pairs
- chapel and cappuccino both from Late Latin cappa ‘cape’
through Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’
had, case, except, heavy, cash, accept, receive, catch, cable, heavily, capacity, behavior, capable, achieve, reception, capture, occupation, perception, recipe, recipient, chase, haven, behave, anticipation, anticipate, susceptible, deception, cater, hawk, caption, captive, capsule, cassette, conceive, deceive, captivity, deceptive, casket, deceit, conceivable, 135 more
through Proto-Indo-European *káput ‘head’
through Proto-Italic *kaput ‘head’
capitalism, capitalize, capitan, capote, capitaine, 61 more
through Latin caput ‘head’
capital, captain, cattle, chapter, chef, capitol, precipitation, capita, cad, mischief, mischievous, precipitate, capillary, chieftain, occipital, caddie, precipitous, capo, capitulate, escapade, jefe, scamper, dishevelled, chattel, chabot, cabochon, caput, 68 more
through Late Latin cappa ‘cloak, cape’
escape, cabin, cope, cape, cabana, capa, scamp, capuchin, kaput, 21 more
through Late Latin cappella ‘little cloak’
Today it means
noun A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin cappa / chapel