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+ ==Etymology==

+ Recorded from c. 1300.^(Etymonline) From [[enm|escapen]],^(AHD)^(RHWU) [[bor|fro-nor|escaper]] (Central Old French ''eschaper'', modern French ''échapper''),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) [[der|la-vul|*excappāre|t=to get out of one’s cape]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) from Latin ''ex-'' “out of” + [[la-lat|cappa|t=cloak]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989) The image is of leaving a pursuer holding only one’s cape.^(Etymonline)

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+ The OED notes the early aphetic form ''scape'', still used as a poetic archaism (often written ''’scape'').^(OED 1989) Compare [[escapade]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

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