Where does “κεφαλή” come from?

κεφαλή (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.

κεφαλή (Ancient Greek): head; a person's life; the top-most part

Definitions

  1. head; a person's life; the top-most part

Ancestry of “κεφαλή”, step by step

κεφαλή traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Taxus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTaxusyew
2Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
3Spanish-scopio-scope
4Latin-scopium
5Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
6Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
7Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
8Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*kʰepʰəlā́

Words derived from “κεφαλή

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai