Learned borrowing  fromLate Latin cappa Doublet  ofcapa cape 
cappa  (plural cappae 
( palynology ) thick wall  on theproximal side  of thecorpus  of apollen grain .(Thisetymology  is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) 
cappa  (plural cappas 
( colloquial ) cappuccino .2010 Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick , page211 :I tend to like lattes orcappas , and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed. 
FromLate Latin cappa 
cappa  f plural cappe 
sleevelesscoat ;cloak  cowl ,hood tarpaulin cape Borrowed  fromLate Latin cappa Ancient Greek κάππα ( káppa ) .
cappa  m or f invariable 
The name of theLatin-script  letterK k  ;kay ( Latin-script letter names ) lettera a bi ci di e effe gi acca i gei i lunga cappa elle emme enne o pi cu erre esse ti u vu vi doppia vu ics ipsilon i greca zeta cappa1  in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italianacappa3  in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaOf disputed origin; the leading theory is that it is perhaps a shortened form ofcapitulāre caput ( “ head ” ) .
cappa  f genitive cappae first declension 
( Late Latin ) cape ,cloak ( usu. with ahood  ) raincape  orriding  cloak( Medieval Latin ) cope ( a long, rich ceremonial vestment ) ( Medieval Latin ) headwear ,cap ( transferred ) uppermost  orprotective  part of anyassembly First-declension  noun.
Italo-Romance: North Italian: Gallo-Romance:Catalan:capa  Old French:chape see there for further descendants ) Old Occitan:capa Occitan:capa  →  French:cape see there for further descendants )  Ibero-Romance:Old Galician-Portuguese:capa  Old Spanish:capa   →  English:cappa ( learned ) →  Middle English:cope cape coope →  Proto-West Germanic:*kappā see there for further descendants )→  Greek:κάπα ( kápa ) →  Old Norse:kápa →  Polish:kapa →  Serbo-Croatian:kapa →  Lower Sorbian:kapa "cappa ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis  R. E. Latham , D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013 ), “cappa ”, inDictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources [1] Oxford University Press  for theBritish Academy ,→ISBN →OCLC FromProto-West Germanic *kappā Late Latin cappa Doublet  ofcæppe 
cappa  m 
a longtunic  with ahood ;huke  Weakn -stem:
IPA (key ) : /ˈkapa/ [ˈka.pa] Rhymes:-apa  Syllabification:cap‧pa  cappa  f plural cappas 
kappa ; the Greek letterΚ ,κ Synonym: kappa