Where does “մունիցիպալիտետ” come from?
մունիցիպալիտետ (Armenian) comes from Russian муниципалите́т, from German Munizipalität, from French municipalité, from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps — to seize, hold.
մունիցիպալիտետ (Armenian): municipality
Definitions
- municipality
Ancestry of “մունիցիպալիտետ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | муниципалите́т | municipality |
| 2 | German | Munizipalität | municipal authorities |
| 3 | French | municipalité | municipality; town council, city council |
| 4 | French | municipal | municipal |
| 5 | Latin | mūnicipālis | municipal |
| 6 | Latin | mūnicipium | township |
| 7 | Latin | mūniceps | citizen (of a municipium) |
| 8 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 9 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |