kapoof en · INTJ
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? Late Latin cappa Old French cape Old French capote French capotbor. German kaputtbor. English kaput English poof blend English kapoof Blend of kaput + poof. Perhaps influenced by the ka- prefix (which is a variant of ker-).
Meanings
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(informal) The sound of something disappearing, or going up in smoke.
Not long after childhood his acting career suddenly went kapoof.