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ex cappa
Vulgar Latin · medieval
"out of one's cloak"
literally out of one's cape, describing slipping free and leaving a pursuer holding only the cloak
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escaper
Old French · medieval
"to slip free from capture or danger"
carried into French for slipping free from capture or danger
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escape
English · 1300s
"to break free from confinement or danger"
settled as the English word for breaking free from confinement or danger
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