Where does “capça” come from?

capça (Catalan) comes from Catalan capçar, from Vulgar Latin *capitiare, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capça (Catalan): head clump of leaves/flowers

Definitions

  1. head clump of leaves/flowers

Ancestry of “capça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancapçarto reinforce
2Vulgar Latin*capitiare—
3Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “capça”

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