cappellus

Latin

Alternative forms

• capellus

Etymology

From cappa +‎ -ellus. Attested from the ninth century.

Noun

cappellus m (genitive cappellī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. type of headgear

   Synonyms: galea, galerum, galericulum, pilleus (all approximate)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cappellus	cappellī
Genitive	cappellī	cappellōrum
Dative	cappellō	cappellīs
Accusative	cappellum	cappellōs
Ablative	cappellō	cappellīs
Vocative	cappelle	cappellī

Related terms

• cappella

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: cappellu, cappeddu
  • Italian: cappello m, cappella f (see there for further descendants)
  • Neapolitan: cappiello
  • Sicilian: cappeddu
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: cjapiel
  • Romagnol: capéll
  • Romansch: chapè m; chapella, tgapela, tgapeala f
  • Venetian: capelo, capel
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: capell
  • Franco-Provençal: chapél
  • Occitan: capèl, capèth, capèu, chapèl, chapèu
  • Old French: chapel, capel (northern)
    • Bourguignon: chaipeâ
    • Gallo: chapai
    • Middle French: chappeau
      • French: chapeau (see there for further descendants)
      • → English: chapeau
    • Norman: capé, chapé
    • Picard: capieu
    • Walloon: tchapea
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: capelo
    • Galician: capelo
    • Portuguese: capelo
  • Old Spanish: capiello
    • Spanish: capillo
• Borrowings:
  • → Polish: kapelusz
    • → Belarusian: капялю́ш (kapjaljúš)
    • → Ukrainian: капелю́х (kapeljúx)
    • → Yiddish: קאַפּעליוש (kapelyush)