Etymograph

English

raincape

From rain + cape.

A compound of rain + cape

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’

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Proto-Italic *kaput ‘head’

Latin caput ‘head’

Old French cap ‘cape, headland’

Middle English cape

English cape

Today it means

noun A cape worn to protect the wearer from rain.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “raincape”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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