cap-a-pie

cap-a-pie

 ‘from head to foot’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

     E. cap(e-a-pe(e), cappa-pæ, cap a pea, capape(e) < F. cap-à-pie ‘head to foot’ < de pied en cap < Lat. caput ‘head’ + pedem ‘foot’ < kap < kaput- < Tamil kappu