carapacho
Spanish
Etymology
Related to Portuguese carapaça and French carapace, ultimately of unknown, likely substrate origin.[1] Another theory traces it to Latin capa (“cape, cloak”).[2]
Compare also calabaza (“pumpkin, gourd”), Catalan carabassa, carbassa (“pumpkin”), and Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “a kind of beetle or crustacean; vessel”); also galápago (“kind of turtle”).
Noun
carapacho m (plural carapachos)
- carapace, shell
- Stew served in the shell of seafood
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “carapace”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “carapacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014