"hat" in seven languages
Meaninghat
Spanish
/somˈbɾeɾo/
masc.other source · derived from sombra 'shade' (ultimately Latin UMBRAM)
French
/ʃapo/
masc.inherited
plural: chapeaux
Italian
/kapˈpɛllo/
masc.inherited
Don't confuse with capello 'a hair' (from CAPILLUM).
Portuguese
/ʃaˈpɛw/
masc.borrowed · Old French chapel
Romanian
/pələˈrie/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin
Catalan
/bəˈrɛt/
masc.other source · Late Latin *BIRRĒTUM, from BIRRUS 'hooded cloak'
English
/hæt/
native English · Old English hætt
The Latin ancestor
*CAPPELLUM‘little hood (dim. of Late Latin CAPPA 'cape')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A chapel was named after the cape of St Martin kept in one. In Spanish any hat is a sombrero, a 'shade-maker' — not only the Mexican one.
English relatives: cap, cape, chapel, chaplain
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In a sentence
- esPonte un sombrero, hace sol.
- frMets un chapeau, il y a du soleil.
- itMettiti un cappello, c'è il sole.
- ptPõe um chapéu, está sol.
- roPune-ți o pălărie, e soare.
- caPosa't un barret, que fa sol.
- enPut on a hat, it's sunny.