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)

  1. carapace, shell
  2. Stew served in the shell of seafood

References
  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “carapace”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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