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So it links to the English word “accept” too?

Wow!

Via a hypothetical *accaptare, as several sources have it, as otherwise the Norman hard c and Francien ch don’t work? (I realise you were simplifying)

Is there anything that capiō, capere can't do?

That's a person who runs a caupona, right? I've never come across the person before, only the shop!

Came here to ask a similar question. The Swedish for 'to buy' is cognate with those: it's 'köpa', pronounced close to 'sher-pa' (the 'r' isn't voiced but I wasn't sure how to represent an 'er' sound in English using normal letters!). I always remember this as it sounds like 'shopper' - coincidence?

Aha! Because the adjective is short for 'good cheap' – that is, a good purchase

Cater Catering Catering cart Catering truck

Simple text-only posts like the above remain my favourite medium for word-nerdery, but I'm increasingly to be found spouting about languages in video form. Here's a new interview with me, released yesterday – do at least make sure to subscribe to Jack of All Languages on YT! youtu.be/7CepBbPdYjQ?...

That’s getting stored for future use.

Interestingly, in colloquial German, notably in Rhine Franconian dialects, the verb used for the act of buying something is "holen" (to take). Could this be some sort of historical interference from the French-speaking side?