caperuza
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin cappa + an unclear suffix -er- + the suffix -ūcea. Sometimes derived from Medieval Latin caperō (“hood, esp. as worn by monks of the Franciscan order”) (genitive singular caperōnis), but that appears to be a borrowing from Old French chaperon (“hood”), with the same unclear suffix.
Further reading
- “caperuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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