English

goosecap

From goose + cap.

A compound of goose + cap

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns

Proto-Germanic *gans

Proto-West Germanic *gans

Old English gōs

Middle English goos

English goose

Latin caput ‘head’

Late Latin cappa ‘cap, hood, cape’

Proto-West Germanic *kappā ‘covering, hood, mantle’

Old English cæppe ‘cap, hood’

Middle English cappe ‘cap’

English cap

Today it means

noun A fool; a dolt.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / goosecap