Where does “Kaaps” come from?
Kaaps (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch Kaaps, from Dutch kaap, from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
Kaaps (Afrikaans): Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope
Definitions
- Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope
Ancestry of “Kaaps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Kaaps | of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope |
| 2 | Dutch | kaap | cape, headland |
| 3 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 4 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |