- chaplain (n.) - mid-14c., "minister of a chapel," from Old
French chapelein "clergyman" (Modern French chapelain), from
Medieval Latin cappellanus "clergyman," originally "custodian of
St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel). Replaced Old English capellane
(from the same Medieval Latin source) "clergyman who conducts
private religious services," originally in great households,
later in military regiments, prisons, etc. - chaplet (n.) - late
14c., from Old French chapelet (Old North French capelet)
"garland, rosary," properly "a small hat," diminutive of chape,
chapeau "headdress, hood, hat" (see chapeau). - Chaplinesque
(adj.) - 1921, from Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British-born
silent movie star. The surname is attested from c.1200, from Old
French chapelain "priest." - chapman (n.) - "peddler, itinerant
tradesman," Middle English form of Old English ceapman
"tradesman," from West Germanic compound *kaupman- (cf. Old High
German choufman, German Kauffman, Middle Dutch and Dutch
koopman), formed with equivalents