Where does “caparra” come from?

caparra (Catalan) comes from Catalan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

caparra (Catalan): headache

Definitions

  1. headache

Ancestry of “caparra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancaphead; boss, chief, leader; cape
2Vulgar Latincapus—
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “caparra”

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