Where does “kabesera” come from?
kabesera (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish cabecera, from Spanish cabeza, from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “kabesera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cabecera | headboard, bedhead; head; headline, heading, top |
| 2 | Spanish | cabeza | head; mind; guy, dude |
| 3 | Old Spanish | cabeça | head |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | capitia | — |
| 5 | Latin | capitium | covering for the head; opening in a tunic for the... |
| 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 |